REFI'NER, noun
1. One that refines metals or other things.
2. An improver in purity and elegance; as a refiner of language.
3. An inventor of superfluous subtilities; one is who over nice in discrimination, in argument, reasoning, philosophy, etc.
First occurrence in the Bible(KJV): Malachi 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
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