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defecator|ˈdɛfɪkeɪtə(r)|
[agent-n. f. defecate v.: see -or.]
One who or that which defecates or purifies; spec. in Sugar-manufacture: see quot. 1874.
1864Webster, Defecator, that which cleanses or purifies. 1874Knight Mech. Dict., Defecator, an apparatus for the removal from a saccharine liquid of the immature and feculent matters which would impair the concentrated result... Defecators for sorghum partake of the character of filters. 1875Ure Dict. Arts III. 944 (Sugar), This dissolving pan is sometimes..called a ‘defecator’. |