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The straining is accomplished through the medium of the manyplies or book, while the paunch, or rumen, with its adjunct, the waterbag, is concerned in the macerating, kneading, and mixing, as well as in regurgitation for rumination or the chewing of the cud. - "Special Report on Diseases of Cattle", U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler.
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Sir Symonds was a sober antiquary, heated with no fanaticism, yet I discovered in his diary that he was a visionary in his constitution, macerating his body by private fasts, and spiritualising in search of secret signs. - "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)", Isaac Disraeli.
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To effect absorption, there must be both a solvent or macerating action, and an extended surface fit for containing and imbibing the dissolved products: there must be a digestive cavity. - "Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I", Herbert Spencer.