Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DI-GEST'ER, n.

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.