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lixivial |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lixivial \Lix*iv"i*al\, a. [L. lixivius, fr lix ashes, lye ashes, lye: cf F. lixiviel.] 1. Impregnated with or consisting of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium. --Boyle. 2. Of the color of lye; resembling lye. 3. Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes. {Lixivial salts} (Old Chem.), salts which are obtained by passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them
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