lixivium
Americannoun
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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
Etymology
Origin of lixivium
First recorded in 1605–15, lixivium is from the Latin word lixīvium lye
Example Sentences
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The lixivium of tartar gave a white cloud, which hung a little above the middle of the glass.
From Trial of Mary Blandy by Roughead, William
—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
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
The bark of the willow tree burnt to ashes, and mixed with strong vinegar, forms a lixivium which by repeated applications eradicates, warts, corns, and other cutaneous excrescences.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
Differs from T. sordidum in having no trace of violet colour; T. lixivium differs in the free truncate gills. lixivium, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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