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Leach (medicine) and liquefactive (iou)


Leach (medicine)


leach


See Leech, a physician.

1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. Leach tub, a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.

Origin: Cf. As. Leah lye, G. Lauge. See Lye.

Source: Websters Dictionary


liquefactive (iou)



liquefactive adjective. LME.
[medieval Latin liquefactivus, from liquefact-: see LIQUEFACTION, -IVE.]
Having the effect of liquefying.