meaning of leach2

1. See 3d Leech.
2.
A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
3.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
4.
To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
5.
To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
6.
To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
7.
See Leech, a physician.
8.
the process of leaching


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