piner

piner · noun¹

From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.

piner · noun²

1. Middle Dutch · derived frompiner
2. English todaypiner

Apparently from Middle Dutch piner, pijner (Dutch pijnder), from pinen, pijnen (“to labour, toil”).

piner · noun³

From pine (“type of tree”) + -er.

First known use, by meaning

• 10th–17th c. A torturer.
• from 19th c. An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease.
• from 15th c. A labourer, especially a turf cutter.
• from 19th c. Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade.
• from 19th c. Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander.