Leach
Leach , noun
(Nautical) See 3d Leech.
Leach , noun
[Compare As. leáh lye, German lauge. See Lye.]
1.
A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
2.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
Collocations (1)
Leach tub , a wooden tub in which ashes are leached.
Leach , transitive verb
[Written also leech and letch.]
1.
To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
2.
To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
Leach , intransitive verb
To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Leach , noun
See Leech, a physician. [Obsolete]