Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A long tubular cylinder woven of strips of the jacitara-palm, used for extracting the poisonous juice of the cassava. The cassava-roots are cut up and placed in the cylinder, which is suspended from a beam, while its lower end is pulled down by means of a lever. The elongation of the plaited cylinder produces a contraction of its diameter, and by the strong pressure thus obtained the poisonous juice is pressed out of the roots.
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Examples
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The purpose of this intriguing South American implement, called a tipiti, is to wring the cyanide out of grated cassava.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The purpose of this intriguing South American implement, called a tipiti, is to wring the cyanide out of grated cassava.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Even while it is dripping from the tipiti into the vessel placed below, great care is always taken lest children or other animals should drink of it.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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They are then put into the tipiti, already mentioned; and the bag is hung up to a strong pin, while the lever is passed through the loop at the bottom.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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The juice, of course, runs through the wicker-work of the _tipiti_ into a vessel below, and there produces a sediment, which is the well-known "tapioca."
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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The juice of course runs through the wickerwork of the _tipiti_ into a vessel below, and there produces a sediment, which is the well-known "tapioca."
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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Even while it is dripping from the _tipiti_ into the vessel placed below, great care is always taken lest children or other animals should drink of it.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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They are then put into the tipiti, already mentioned; and the bag is hung up to a strong pin, while the lever is passed through the loop at the bottom.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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