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

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..

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..

Letchy :: Letchy (a.) See Leachy.

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

Sulphurize :: Sulphuring (n.) Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur..

Decolorant :: Decolorant (n.) A substance which removes color, or bleaches..

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

Dungaree :: Dungaree (n.) A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff.

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

Spineless :: Spinel (n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

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.

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

Whitener :: Whitener (n.) One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher..

Leach :: Leach (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali..

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