Definition of leach

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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..

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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..
Pleach :: Pleach (v. t.) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock..
Bleach :: Bleach (v. i.) To grow white or lose color; to whiten.
Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
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.
Whitster :: Whitster (n.) A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester.
Leach :: Leach (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes..
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair..
Pleached :: Pleached (imp. & p. p.) of Pleac.
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 (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..
Lye :: Lye (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Leach :: Leach (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Decolor :: Decolor (v. t.) To deprive of color; to bleach.
Leech :: Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.
Bleachery :: Bleachery (n.) A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.
Buck :: Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed..
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..
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