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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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
Many expert Aster growers scatter an inch of unleached hardwood ashes over the bed before it is broken up and spade it in with the manure.
From The Mayflower, January, 1905 by Various
When applied unleached at the rate of 50 bushels per acre and leached at the rate of 200 bushels, the results are usually very marked in stimulating growth in clover.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw
They furnish potash finely divided and soluble, especially when applied in the unleached form.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw
Why do unleached ashes, applied in the spring, sometimes cause grain to lodge?
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring
