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Webster 1913 Edition
Lixivial
Lix-iv′i-al
,Adj.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lixivial
LIXIV'IAL
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lixivial
lixivial
English
Adjective
lixivial (not comparable)
- Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Boyle to this entry?)
- Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
- Of the colour of lye; resembling lye.