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Buck :: Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed..

Pleached :: Pleached (imp. & p. p.) of Pleac.

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..

Impleach :: Impleach (v. t.) To pleach; to interweave.

Bleached :: Bleached (a.) Whitened; make white.

Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.

Pleach :: Pleach (v. t.) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock..

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

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..

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.

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..

Oxygen :: Oxygen (n.) Chlorine used in bleaching.

Bleachery :: Bleachery (n.) A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.

Carrigeen :: Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce..

Leaching :: Leaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leac.

Decolor :: Decolor (v. t.) To deprive of color; to bleach.

Cat-salt :: Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine..

Chlorometry :: Chlorometry (n.) The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.

Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together..

Keeve :: Keeve (n.) A bleaching vat; a kier.

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