Definition of leach

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Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.

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Buck :: Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed..
Bleached :: Bleached (a.) Whitened; make white.
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Whitester :: Whitester (n.) A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster.
Sulphurize :: Sulphuring (n.) Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur..
Bleach :: Bleach (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten..
Leaching :: Leaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leac.
Keeve :: Keeve (n.) A bleaching vat; a kier.
Pleach :: Pleach (v. t.) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock..
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes..
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together..
Bleaching :: Bleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bleac.
Letch :: Letch (v. & n.) See Leach.
Carrigeen :: Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce..
Leach :: Leach (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc..
Spineless :: Spinel (n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
Leached :: Leached (imp. & p. p.) of Leac.
Saltpetre :: Saltpetre (n.) Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant..
Pleaching :: Pleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pleac.
Bucking :: Bucking (n.) The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used..
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