meaning of leach
1. See 3d Leech.
2. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
3. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
4. To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
5. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
6. To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
7. See Leech, a physician.
8. the process of leaching
Related Words
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