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noun

Finder n.

One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), A small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily, called also a finder telescope or finder scope.

(Micros.) A slide ruled in squares, so as to assist in locating particular points in the field of vision.

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Etymology of 'Finder'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Finder" Quotes from Famous Books

... the scent of a monkey or a cat instead of his legitimate game. An old hound soon marks the inexperienced voice of the babbler, and after the cry of "wolf" has been again repeated, nothing will induce him to join the false finder. ...

— Eight Years' Wandering in Ceylon • Samuel White Baker

... come into the presence of the caviler, stand before his very eyes, and the caviler will not see him. Let the fault-finder hear that one leads an irreproachable life and he will say: "Heretics have behaved similarly, but under a good appearance concealed poison." Let one be refractory and reckless, and he must be a knave. Whatever we do, they are not satisfied. If we pipe, they ...

— Epistle Sermons, Vol. III - Trinity Sunday to Advent • Martin Luther

... selection from the company present, the choice going to each in rotation. The corn was divided into approximately equal piles, one of which was assigned to each party. The contest was then begun with much gusto and the party first shucking its allotment declared the winner. The lucky finder of a red ear was entitled to ...

— History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia • James W. Head

... archaeologic instinct which has guided the finder of these pipes has led him to even more important discoveries. By the aid of his divining rod he has succeeded in unearthing some of the most remarkable inscribed tablets which have thus far rewarded the diligent search of the mound explorer. It is not necessary to speak ...

— Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley • Henry W. Henshaw

... leaving a cloud of smoke behind. The heat was tremendous, for there was a perfect calm, and the air raised by the passage of the steamer was as hot as if it had come from the mouth of a furnace. The passengers looked languid and sleepy as they lolled about finder the great awning, and the sailors congratulated themselves that they were not Lascars stoking in the engine-room, Robert Bostock, generally known on board as Old Bob, having given it as his opinion that it was "a stinger." Then he ...

— King o' the Beach - A Tropic Tale • George Manville Fenn

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