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Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.
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The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption.
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Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
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The quality or state of being solvent.
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Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.
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Not solvent; insolvent.
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Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor.
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Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
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Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
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A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170ยก Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps.
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Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
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Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.
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The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent.
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The condition of being solvent; ability to pay all just debts; solvency; as, the solvability of a merchant.
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The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
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That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
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Able to pay one's debts; solvent.
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Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
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A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
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That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.
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