Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indigested"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Indigested \In`di*gest"ed\, a. [Pref. in- not + digested.]
1. Not digested; undigested. ``Indigested food.'' --Dryden.

2. Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not
methodical; crude; as, an indigested array of facts.

In hot reformations . . . the whole is generally
crude, harsh, and indigested. --Burke.

This, like an indigested meteor, appeared and
disappeared almost at the same time. --South.

3. (Med.)
(a) Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of
wounds.
(b) Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or
its contents.

4. Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam.


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