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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Chalk :: Chalk (v. t.) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach..
Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..
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.
Calico :: Calico (n.) Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc..
Bleaching :: Bleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bleac.
Leach :: Leach (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Buck :: Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed..
Bleached :: Bleached (a.) Whitened; make white.
Dungaree :: Dungaree (n.) A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff.
Carrigeen :: Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce..
Whitster :: Whitster (n.) A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester.
Bleach :: Bleach (a.) To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten..
Grass :: Grass (v. t.) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc..
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.
Leaching :: Leaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leac.
Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
Leach :: Leach (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes..
Pleaching :: Pleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pleac.
White :: White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
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