Usage examples (18)

• This defecator is a copper pan, eleven feet long and about three feet wide.
• As it is expressed from the press tank, the cider passes to a storage tank, and thence to the defecator.
• The primary object of the defecator is to remove all impurities and perfectly clarify the liquid passing through it.
• Hot water, instead of cider, is sometimes sent through the defecator, evaporator, etc., until all are thoroughly scalded and purified.