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leach
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leach
Noun
  • A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
  • A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
  • Alternative spelling of leech nautical
Verb
  • To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid. transitive
  • To part with soluble constituents by percolation. intransitive
Leach
Proper noun
  • A surname​.