Definition of lye

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Lye (n.) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding..

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Flyer :: Flyer (n.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder..
Forlye :: Forlye (v. i.) Same as Forlie.
Polyedrous :: Polyedrous (a.) See Polyhedral.
Flyer :: Flyer (n.) Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc..
Lye :: Lye (n.) A falsehood.
Replyer :: Replyer (n.) See Replier.
Volyer :: Volyer (n.) A lurcher.
Polyeidism :: Polyeidism (n.) The quality or state of being polyeidic.
Ley :: Ley (n.) See Lye.
Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers.
Faluns :: Faluns (n.) A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision..
Winder :: Winder (n.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer..
Plyer :: Plyer (n.) See Pliers.
Lye :: Lye (n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc..
Lixivited :: Lixivited (a.) Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
Graining :: Graining (n.) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt..
Flyer :: Flyer (n.) A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture..
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching..
Lyerman :: Lyerman (n.) The cicada.
Potash :: Potash (n.) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash)..
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