clarifier
(ˈklærɪfaɪə(r))
[f. next + -er1.]
1. One who or that which clarifies; spec. a substance used to clarify liquids, etc.
| 1533 Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 1 b, Fyre..is the clarifier of other elementes, if they be vycyate. 1706 Lond. Gaz. No. 4207/4 This great Clarifier dissolves Suffusions. 1874 Knight Dict. Mech. I. 560/2 The usual clarifiers are albumen, gelatine, acids, salts, blood, lime, plaster-of-paris, alum, heat, or alcohol. |
2. techn. A vessel in which liquor or juice is clarified; spec. a large metallic pan or cauldron used in the clarification of sugar.
| 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. |