SG Heritage Dictionary

Digester [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. He that digests or disposes in order.

2. One who digests his food.

3. A medicine or article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens the digestive power of the stomach.

4. A strong vessel contrived by Papin, in which to boil bony substances with a strong heat, and reduce them to a fluid state, or in general, to increase the solvent power of water.

Digester [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who digests.

2. A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power.

3. A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them.