clarifiern.
/ˈklarɪfʌɪə/ 1. One who or that which clarifies; spec. a substance used to clarify liquids, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > clarifying liquids > [noun] > substance for
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1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 1 b Fyre..is the clarifier of other elementes, if they be vycyate.
1706 London Gaz. No. 4207/4 This great Clarifier dissolves Suffusions.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 560/2 The usual clarifiers are albumen, gelatine, acids, salts, blood, lime, plaster-of-paris, alum, heat, or alcohol.
2. technical. A vessel in which liquor or juice is clarified; spec. a large metallic pan or cauldron used in the clarification of sugar.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > sugar manufacture > [noun] > other equipment
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessels for other specific purposes > [noun] > for clarifying
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1822 Burrowes Cycl. X. 286/2 Clarifiers are sometimes seen of one thousand gallons each.
1850 Nat. Encycl. XI. 594/1 The cane-juice..is conducted by channels from the mill to large flat-bottomed coppers or open pans called clarifiers.
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