lixivium
the solution, containing alkaline salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes with water; lye.
any solution obtained by leaching.
Origin of lixivium
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How to use lixivium in a sentence
lixivium means made into lye; hence, of the color of ashes and water.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise | M. E. HardA war of pamphlets followed, Ranby, the serjeant-surgeon, maintaining that the patient had died of the lixivium.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles CreightonAlkaline lixivium dissolves (though sometimes with difficulty) mucus, and generally pus.
Zoonomia, Vol. II | Erasmus DarwinUpon a somewhat higher level the cisterns of the clear lixivium may be placed.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThis lixivium, being weak, should be run off into a separate tank.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for lixivium
/ (lɪkˈsɪvɪəm) /
the alkaline solution obtained by leaching wood ash with water; lye
any solution obtained by leaching
Origin of lixivium
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