Definition of leach

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Leach (v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee..

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Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Chalk :: Chalk (v. t.) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach..
Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..
Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them..
Decolorant :: Decolorant (n.) A substance which removes color, or bleaches..
Leached :: Leached (imp. & p. p.) of Leac.
Bleached :: Bleached (imp. & p. p.) of Bleac.
Leech :: Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.
Bleachery :: Bleachery (n.) A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.
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..
Bleaching :: Bleaching (n.) The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents..
Grass :: Grass (v. t.) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc..
Impleach :: Impleach (v. t.) To pleach; to interweave.
Leach :: Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician..
Chlorometer :: Chlorometer (n.) An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.
Oxygen :: Oxygen (n.) Chlorine used in bleaching.
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..
Blanchimeter :: Blanchimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer.
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