Hypertext Webster Gateway: "letch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leach \Leach\, n. [Written also {letch}.] [Cf. As. le['a]h lye,
G. lauge. See {Lye}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Letch \Letch\ (l[e^]ch), v. & n.
See {Leach}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Letch \Letch\, n. [See {Lech}, {Lecher}.]
Strong desire; passion. (Archaic).
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