Definition of leach

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

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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.
Dealbation :: Dealbation (n.) Act of bleaching; a whitening.
Bleach :: Bleach (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; 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..
Crefting :: Crefting (n.) Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching..
Pleaching :: Pleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pleac.
Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Whiten :: Whiten (v. t.) To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth..
Chlorometry :: Chlorometry (n.) The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.
Bucking :: Bucking (n.) The act or process of soaking or boiling cloth in an alkaline liquid in the operation of bleaching; also, the liquid used..
Pleach :: Pleach (v. t.) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock..
Spineless :: Spinel (n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
Leach :: Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician..
Bleached :: Bleached (imp. & p. p.) of Bleac.
Whitener :: Whitener (n.) One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher..
Leaching :: Leaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leac.
Chlorometer :: Chlorometer (n.) An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.
Ceresin :: Ceresin (n.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax..
Impleach :: Impleach (v. t.) To pleach; to interweave.
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