Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lixiviate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lixiviate \Lix*iv"i*ate\, Lixivited \Lix*iv"i*`ted\, a. [From
{Lixivium}.]
1. Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of
alkaline salts.
2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes. --Boyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lixiviate \Lix*iv"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lixiviated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Lixiviating}.]
To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating
soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as
ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.
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