2. A tray, or basket, formerly used to receive or convey that
which is voided or cleared away from a given place;
especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as
fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing
household articles, as clothes, etc.
Piers Plowman laid the cloth, and Simplicity brought
in the voider. --Decker.
The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and
the voider, wherein the plate was usually put, was
set upon the cupboard's head. --Hist. of
Richard
Hainam.
3. A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a
table after a meal. [R.] --Decker.
4. (Her.) One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but
less rounded and therefore smaller.