(n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
(n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
(v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
(v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
(v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
(n.) See Leech, a physician.
Example Sentences:
(1) Updated at 2.53pm GMT 2.48pm GMT 'Tricky job, well done' - IoD Graeme Leach , chief economist at the Institute of Directors, said: This was a tricky job, well done by George Osborne.
(2) In this study two soft coals obtained from mines in which workers had high and low incidences of CWP were leached with aqueous base and acid to remove their acidic and basic components.
(3) Leaching the lyophilized mitochondrial fraction with either hexane or acetone increased substantially the yields of the metabolites.
(4) Worse, the CFL contains mercury, which according to the EU's own regulations cannot be discarded in ordinary waste, lest the mercury leach into the water supply.
(5) A steady decline in the incidence with an increase in the preponderance of male cases was observed toward the west, reaching the lowest figures (male: 17.2 cases per 100,000 population; female: 5.5 per 100,000) in the Caspian rain belt, with its heavily leached soils and somewhat subtropical characteristcs.
(6) In spite of the leaching and contamination effects described in the literature--even for chrysotile fibrils taken from the lung, elemental spectra do not differ essentially from the asbestos standard.
(7) Contamination of cells by impurity atoms that may leach from electrodes was measured by atomic-absorption spectrophotometry and found to be negligible.
(8) "The UK economy faces a difficult period over the coming years, but if the government holds firm with the implementation of the spending review, long-term growth and employment prospects will be significantly improved," said Graeme Leach, chief economist and director of policy at the IoD.
(9) Once the pollution has ceased, it would appear that the arsenic is rapidly leached away, with a return to ecological normality this recovery was surprisingly rapid and complete.
(10) The surface is stabilized, i.e., leaching is retarded, by the rapid Ca,P-accumulation within the silica structure before apatite crystals are observed on the surface.
(11) In Dr Leach's book, a 13-year-old talking about the fall-out from her parents' break-up says: "I felt I'd vanished."
(12) Some cells, however, showed evidence that intracytoplasmic materials had been leached from the cells.
(13) Diethyl phthalate in the desiccant in 100-count bottles of brand A levothyroxine sodium tablets appeared to have leached into the tablets.
(14) With the leach tank incident in December there were questions raised about our environmental performance.
(15) The tendency of composites to leach filler elements almost linearly with time, could be used to generate a constant release rate of such therapeutic elements over time.
(16) Dissolution is incongruent, probably because most of the leached species can derive both from the matrix (polysalt gel) and the partly reacted glass particles.
(17) There was no evidence of energy-dependent extrusion of water or ions from either equilibrated rat or rabbit renal cortical slices leached at 0.5 degrees C and then reincubated at 25 degrees C in choline Ringer.7.
(18) Leach has also just been appointed advisory chair of next year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, reinforcing the sense that she and Twofour have earned their place at the TV industry's top table.
(19) Upon harvest (three months after application), a total of 49.2% of the applied radiocarbon was recovered: 2.0% in the plants, 46.9% in the soil, and 0.3% in the leaching water (depth greater than 50 cm); less than 0.1% was in the grains (0.464 ppm).
(20) The power requirements for initial leaching conditions were also calculated.
Lye
Definition:
(n.) A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
(n.) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
(n.) A falsehood.
Example Sentences:
(1) The success of conservative treatment has been higher in patients younger than 8 years of age, and in strictures due to caustics other than lye involving upper third portion and less than five cm of an esophageal segment.
(2) They may be used to irrigate oropharyngeal burns, but are contraindicated in the face of respiratory compromise, shock, liquid lye ingestion, and perforation of the esophagus or stomach.
(3) In the small number of patients with a nodular lye than in the other two histiocytic type, associated with diffuse areas, the prognosis is less favorable than in the other two histologic groups.
(4) In view of these findings, it can be postulated that LSD may be diagnosed and prognosed through LYE changes in the serum.
(5) Hypopharyngeal strictures, either isolated or in conjunction with laryngeal and esophageal strictures, can occur following lye ingestion.
(6) Mechanical homogenization of sputa before making the smear, carried out by shaking the sputum with glass beads, had a significant effect on the number of detected mycobacteria while homogenization using soda lye did not influence the positivity in any direction.
(7) It is well known, that in the group of high- supralevator deformities, the lower rectum, anal canal and internal sphincter are absent, and the terminal pouch lyes above the puborectalis sling.
(8) In a 16-year-old female, complete stenosis of the larynx and hypopharynx developed as a consequence of the ingestion of lye cristals.
(9) Clinical findings and lysosomal enzymes (LYE) in eight lumpy skin diseases (LSD) cows and same number of healthy ones were reported in Tal-El Baker village and Tal Alkabir centre, Ismailia province, Egypt.
(10) Forty-eight had gastroesophageal reflux disease and 2 had chronic lye strictures.
(11) Upon ingestion of lye and its compounds severe corrosive lesions may develop not only in the oesophagus but also of the stomach.
(12) The 5-year survival rate was 34% for the patients with a local tumour at operation and 44% for those in whom the carcinoma developed at the site of a previous lye stricture.
(13) Paediatric microstomia may occur congenitally in the whistling face syndrome but is more often acquired after accidental thermal injuries such as biting an electrical extension cord or ingesting household lye.
(14) Ten patients had ingested lye and one had an esophageal atresia.
(15) The inferiorly based platysma myocutaneous flap was used in two of our patients with lye burns, and bilateral superiorly based flaps were used in one.
(16) Treatment of lye ingestions by antidotes recommended on product labels includes the use of acid neutralizers.
(17) The most common indications for operation were esophageal strictures that developed after lye ingestion and reflux strictures not responding to other treatment.
(18) Herein, we report our experience with sucralfate in the treatment of a case of lye-induced esophagitis.
(19) Among 77 dogs surviving standardized transmural esophageal lye injury for at least 2 weeks and as long as 12 weeks, 24 were untreated, 26 received corticosteroids and bougienage (S&B), and 27 received only the lathyrogen beta-aminoproprionitrile (BAPN).
(20) Lyes claimed that 10 minutes after she returned to her seat a steward told her to surrender the flag and that, when she refused, she was told to leave the stadium.