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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

Trimmer

/trĭm'-ẽr/ · Trim·mer · IPA /ˈtɹɪmə/
01 n. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
  1. 1.
    One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
  2. 2.
    One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor each; a timeserver.
    “Thus Halifax was a trimmer on principle.” Macaulay.
  3. 3.
    An instrument with which trimming is done.
  4. 4.
    A beam, into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys, and the like. See Illust. of Header.(Arch.) See: Header
  5. 5.
    An apparatus used for piling the coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.(Coal Storage)