What is the meaning of LYE. Phrases containing LYE
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Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
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A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
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A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.
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The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).
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Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala.
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A falsehood.
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The cicada.
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A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.
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Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
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See Lye.
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A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.
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A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.
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Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
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See Lye.
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A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
v. t.
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
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To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching.
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The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
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