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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..

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

Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..

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

Bleacheries :: Bleacheries (pl. ) of Bleacher.

Grass :: Grass (v. t.) To expose, as flax, on the grass for bleaching, etc..

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

Leach :: Leach (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

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.

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

Pleaching :: Pleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) 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..

Whitster :: Whitster (n.) A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester.

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

Bleach :: Bleach (v. i.) To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

Letchy :: Letchy (a.) See Leachy.

Bleacher :: Bleacher (n.) One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching..

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

Ecru :: Ecru (a.) Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like..

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..

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