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

Whiten :: Whiten (v. t.) To make white; to bleach; to blanch; to whitewash; as, to whiten a wall; to whiten cloth..

Letch :: Letch (v. & n.) See Leach.

Leach :: Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician..

Potash :: Potash (n.) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash)..

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

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

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..

Bleacheries :: Bleacheries (pl. ) of Bleacher.

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

Lye :: Lye (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc..

Chalk :: Chalk (v. t.) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach..

Etiolate :: Etiolate (v. t.) To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.

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

White :: White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.

Ceresin :: Ceresin (n.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax..

Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..

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

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

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

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