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Webster 1913 Edition


Lye

Lye

,
Noun.
[Written also
lie
and
ley
.]
[AS.
leáh
; akin to D.
loog
, OHG.
louga
, G.
lauge
; cf. Icel.
laug
a bath, a hot spring.]
1.
A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.

Lye

,
Noun.
(Railroad)
A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
[Eng.]

Lye

,
Noun.
A falsehood.
[Obs.]
See
Lie
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lye

LYE

,
Noun.
[L. lix, whence lixivium; Ant.L. lixa, whence Lugdunum, Leyden, Lyons, that is Water-town.]
Water impregnated with alkaline salt imbibed from the ashes of wood.

LYE

,
Noun.
A falsehod. [See Lie.]

Definition 2024


lye

lye

See also: lyé

English

Noun

lye (countable and uncountable, plural lyes)

  1. An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
  2. Potassium or sodium hydroxide. (Caustic soda)
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Verb

lye

  1. Obsolete spelling of lie
    • John Dryden
      But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain,
      He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane;
      And, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day,
      Walks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.
    • John Donne, Loves Diet
      Now negligent of sports I lye,
      And now as other Fawkners use,
      I spring a mistresse, sweare, write, sigh and weepe:
      And the game kill'd, or lost, goe talk, and sleepe.

Etymology 2

Noun

lye (plural lyes)

  1. (Britain, railways) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.

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