lixivium
Americannoun
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lixiviums,
plural
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lixivia
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the solution, containing alkaline salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes with water; lye.
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any solution obtained by leaching.
noun
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the alkaline solution obtained by leaching wood ash with water; lye
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any solution obtained by leaching
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of lixivium
First recorded in 1605–15, lixivium is from the Latin word lixīvium lye
Example Sentences
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Johnson's dictionary interprets it, 'A lixivium of soap and water!'—Ed.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan
The base of each is a lixivium made from two parts of the ashes of burned bean-stalks and one of unslaked lime, mixed with water and strained.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
—It is Indian Corn deprived of its external coat by soaking it ten or twelve hours in a lixivium of water and wood-ashes.—
From Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1 by Benjamin, Graf von Rumford
Of the remainder of the lixivium, which was more than a pint, I evaporated almost all to crystallize in a cellar.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by John Aubrey
The lixivium of tartar gave a white cloud, which hung a little above the middle of the glass.
From Trial of Mary Blandy by William Roughead
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