01 a. Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.
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1.
Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.
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2.
Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
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3.
Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
Phrases & compounds
Lixivial salts —
salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them.