Definition of leach

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Leach (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes..

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Sulphurize :: Sulphuring (n.) Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur..
Whiten :: Whiten (v. t.) To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth..
Whitster :: Whitster (n.) A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester.
Pleaching :: Pleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pleac.
Calico :: Calico (n.) Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc..
Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.
Spineless :: Spinel (n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
Leached :: Leached (imp. & p. p.) of Leac.
Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..
Chalk :: Chalk (v. t.) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach..
Whitester :: Whitester (n.) A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster.
Lixiviate :: Lixiviate (v. t.) To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances..
Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair..
Leach :: Leach (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
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..
Keeve :: Keeve (n.) A bleaching vat; a kier.
Leaching :: Leaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leac.
Leach :: Leach (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali..
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together..
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