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Leach :: Leach (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc..

Leachy :: Leachy (a.) Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like..

Ecru :: Ecru (a.) Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like..

Keeve :: Keeve (n.) A bleaching vat; a kier.

Letchy :: Letchy (a.) See Leachy.

Leach :: Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician..

Impleach :: Impleach (v. t.) To pleach; to interweave.

Kier :: Kier (n.) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.

Crefting :: Crefting (n.) Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching..

Bleacher :: Bleacher (n.) One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching..

Buck :: Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed..

Lixiviation :: Lixiviation (n.) Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching..

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..

Sulphur-bottom :: Sulphurator (n.) An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur..

Pleached :: Pleached (imp. & p. p.) of Pleac.

Chlorometry :: Chlorometry (n.) The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.

Sulphurize :: Sulphuring (n.) Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur..

Lye :: Lye (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc..

Chlorometer :: Chlorometer (n.) An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.

Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.

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