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

See Examples For:

lixivium

With half a pound of this earth I made a lixivium.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John

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 Handerson, Henry Ebenezer

Johnson's dictionary interprets it, 'A lixivium of soap and water!'—Ed.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John

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 Carvalho, David Nunes

—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 Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von