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Job's comforter | Comforter \Com"fort*er\, n. 1. One who administers comfort or consolation. [1913 Webster] Let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers. [1913 Webster] But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. --John xiv. 26. [1913 Webster] 3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight. --Pop. Sci. Monthly. [1913 Webster] 4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] {Job's comforter}, a boil. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] |
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