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

Whitester :: Whitester (n.) A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster.

Chlorometer :: Chlorometer (n.) An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.

Bleach :: Bleach (v. i.) To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

Fume :: Fume (v. t.) To expose to the action of fumes; to treat with vapors, smoke, etc.; as, to bleach straw by fuming it with sulphur; to fill with fumes, vapors, odors, etc., as a room..

Letchy :: Letchy (a.) See Leachy.

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

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..

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..

Leached :: Leached (imp. & p. p.) of Leac.

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

Dungaree :: Dungaree (n.) A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff.

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..

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.

Spineless :: Spinel (n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

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

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..

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..

Leach :: Leach (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc..

Grass :: Grass (v. t.) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc..

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