Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Obtained by lixiviation; impregnated with alkaline matter extracted from woodashes.
  • Containing or consisting of salts so extracted.
  • Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
  • Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood-ashes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.
  • adjective Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
  • adjective Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
  • adjective (Old Chem.) salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.
  • adjective Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
  • adjective Of the colour of lye; resembling lye.

Etymologies

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Latin lixivius, from lix ashes, lye ashes, lye: compare French lixiviel.

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