(n.) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier.
(n.) An inspector of leather.
(n.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
(n.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
(n.) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
(n.) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
(n.) One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier.