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 fromwood ashes ; impregnated with a salt or salts like alixivium . - 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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