Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON'FIN-ER, n.

1. A borderer; one who lives on confines, or near the border of a country. – Shak.
2. He or that which is near the limit; a near neighbor; he or that which is adjacent or contiguous; as, confiners in art; confiners between plants and animals, as oysters. – Wotton. Bacon.