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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Leach :: Leach (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc..
Carrigeen :: Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce..
Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.
Oxygen :: Oxygen (n.) Chlorine used in bleaching.
Spineless :: Spinel (n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
Crefting :: Crefting (n.) Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching..
Bleaching :: Bleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bleac.
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..
Whitster :: Whitster (n.) A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester.
Bleached :: Bleached (imp. & p. p.) of Bleac.
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Dungaree :: Dungaree (n.) A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff.
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 (n.) The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents..
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..
Keeve :: Keeve (n.) A bleaching vat; a kier.
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..
White :: White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Pleached :: Pleached (imp. & p. p.) of Pleac.
Dealbation :: Dealbation (n.) Act of bleaching; a whitening.
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