Definition of leach

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Leach (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

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Ecru :: Ecru (a.) Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like..
Bleach :: Bleach (v. i.) To grow white or lose color; to whiten.
Letch :: Letch (v. & n.) See Leach.
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..
Decolorant :: Decolorant (n.) A substance which removes color, or bleaches..
Leech :: Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.
Holland :: Holland (n.) A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands..
Leach :: Leach (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc..
Leach :: Leach (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes..
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.
Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
White :: White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Bleached :: Bleached (a.) Whitened; make white.
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..
Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..
Bleacheries :: Bleacheries (pl. ) of Bleacher.
Bleached :: Bleached (imp. & p. p.) of Bleac.
Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..
Whiten :: Whiten (v. t.) To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth..
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