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digester

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di·gest·er  (d-jstr, d-)
n.
1. One that makes a digest.
2. Chemistry A vessel in which substances are softened or decomposed, usually for further processing.
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Noun1.digester - autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested
autoclave, steriliser, sterilizer - a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
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So soon as I hear that such or such a man gives himself out for a philosopher, I conclude that, like the dyspeptic old woman, he must have broken his digester.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
At the place where we slept water necessarily boiled, from the diminished pressure of the atmosphere, at a lower temperature than it does in a less lofty country; the case being the converse of that of a Papin's digester.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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