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leaching
(encz) | leaching,loužení n: Zdeněk Brož |
leaching
(encz) | leaching,vyluhování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Leaching
(gcide) | Leach \Leach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Leaching.] [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.
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2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out
alkali from ashes.
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leaching
(wn) | leaching
n 1: the process of leaching [syn: leach, leaching] |
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bleaching
(encz) | bleaching,bělení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bleaching
(gcide) | Bleaching \Bleach"ing\, n.
The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains;
esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.
--Ure.
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Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of
chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.
[1913 Webster]Bleach \Bleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bleached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bleaching.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS.
bl[=a]cian, bl?can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw.
bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[=a]c pale.
See Bleak, a.]
To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains,
from; to blanch; to whiten.
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The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the
bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action
of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous
acid. --Ure.
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Immortal liberty, whose look sublime
Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying
clime. --Smollett.
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Bleaching powder
(gcide) | Bleaching \Bleach"ing\, n.
The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains;
esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.
--Ure.
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Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of
chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.
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Leaching
(gcide) | Leach \Leach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Leaching.] [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.
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2. To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out
alkali from ashes.
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Pleaching
(gcide) | Pleach \Pleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pleaching.] [Cf. OF. plaissier to bend, and also F. plisser
to plait, L. plicare, plicitum, to fold, lay, or wind
together. Cf. Plash to pleach.]
To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to
interlock. "The pleached bower." --Shak.
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Unbleaching
(gcide) | Unbleaching \Unbleaching\
See bleaching. |
bleaching agent
(wn) | bleaching agent
n 1: an agent that makes things white or colorless [syn:
bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener] |
bleaching clay
(wn) | bleaching clay
n 1: an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils [syn:
bleaching clay, bleaching earth] |
bleaching earth
(wn) | bleaching earth
n 1: an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils [syn:
bleaching clay, bleaching earth] |
bleaching powder
(wn) | bleaching powder
n 1: a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride
and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect [syn:
bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime] |
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