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lixivial

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