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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..

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

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

Bleach :: Bleach (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten..

Oxygen :: Oxygen (n.) Chlorine used in bleaching.

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

Whitener :: Whitener (n.) One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher..

Letchy :: Letchy (a.) See Leachy.

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

Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together..

White :: White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.

Bleached :: Bleached (imp. & p. p.) of Bleac.

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

Bleaching :: Bleaching (n.) The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents..

Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..

Antichlor :: Antichlor (n.) Any substance (but especially sodium hyposulphite) used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.

Pleaching :: Pleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pleac.

Ceresin :: Ceresin (n.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax..

Pleach :: Pleach (v. t.) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock..

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.

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