Definition of leach

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

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Bleached :: Bleached (imp. & p. p.) of Bleac.
Blanch :: Blanch (a.) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Sulphur-bottom :: Sulphurator (n.) An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur..
Keeve :: Keeve (n.) A bleaching vat; a kier.
Leach :: Leach (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Leached :: Leached (imp. & p. p.) of Leac.
Dungaree :: Dungaree (n.) A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff.
White :: White (v. t.) To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes..
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..
Potash :: Potash (n.) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash)..
Pleach :: Pleach (v. t.) To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock..
Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..
Blanchimeter :: Blanchimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer.
Lye :: Lye (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc..
Sulphurize :: Sulphuring (n.) Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur..
Bleachery :: Bleachery (n.) A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.
Pleaching :: Pleaching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pleac.
Decolorant :: Decolorant (n.) A substance which removes color, or bleaches..
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