lixivium

American  

[lik-siv-ee-uhm] / lɪkˈsɪv i əm /

noun

• lixiviums,
  plural
• lixivia
  plural

1. the solution, containing alkaline salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes with water; lye.

2. any solution obtained by leaching.

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lixivium British  

/ lɪkˈsɪvɪəm /

noun

1. the alkaline solution obtained by leaching wood ash with water; lye

2. any solution obtained by leaching

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• lixivia
  plural
• lixiviums
  plural

Etymology

Origin of lixivium

First recorded in 1605–15, lixivium is from the Latin word lixīvium lye

Example Sentences

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lixivium

Water produces no change on a solution of serum in alkaline lixivium, until after long standing, and then only a very slight sediment appears.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

—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

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

Quick-lime and, orpiment being mixed and digested together in water, do yield a smell much like that which happens when common sulphur is boiled in a lixivium, of tartar.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by David Nunes Carvalho

Where alkaline lixivium does not dissolve pus, it still distinguishes it from mucus; as it then prevents its diffusion through water.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin