leach
verb (used with object)
to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
unleached
-
a word derived from
leach.
Example Sentences
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The average composition of unleached wood ashes in the market is about as follows: Potash, 5.2 per cent; phosphoric acid, 1.70 per cent; lime, 34 per cent; magnesia, 3.40 per cent.
From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
Potash is found also in unleached wood ashes.
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Charles William Burkett
Composition of Ashes, leached and unleached, showing their manurial value: Oak unleached.
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring
They furnish potash finely divided and soluble, especially when applied in the unleached form.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw
Leeched ashes are a valuable manure, but not equal to unleached.
From Soil Culture by J. H. Walden
