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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White :: White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Keeve :: Keeve (n.) A bleaching vat; a kier.
Lixiviation :: Lixiviation (n.) Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching..
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..
Whitener :: Whitener (n.) One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher..
Pleaching :: Pleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pleac.
Potash :: Potash (n.) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash)..
Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Letch :: Letch (v. & n.) See Leach.
Leach :: 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..
Bleach :: Bleach (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten..
Bleacheries :: Bleacheries (pl. ) of Bleacher.
Bleached :: Bleached (imp. & p. p.) of Bleac.
Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..
Pleach :: Pleach (v. t.) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock..
Leached :: Leached (imp. & p. p.) of Leac.
Bleacher :: Bleacher (n.) One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching..
Bleaching :: Bleaching (n.) The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents..
Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.
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