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Leaching   /lˈitʃɪŋ/   Listen
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Leach  v. t.  (past & past part. leached; pres. part. leaching)  
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  v. i.  To part with soluble constituents by percolation.





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"Leaching" Quotes from Famous Books



... bruise, and place in a woollen (pointed) bag, and leach good common whiskey over them twice, having the barrel up so as to hang the bag under the faucet and draw slowly over them; this is for a barrel. Add 10 or 12 drops of aqua ammonia to each barrel, after leaching through the peaches; with age this is nearly, if not quite, equal to whiskey ...
— Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets • Daniel Young


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