Leach: English to English |
Leach (n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. |
Leach (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc. |
Leach (n.) See 3d Leech. |
Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician. |
Leach (v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation. |
Leach (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes. |
Leach (v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee. |