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Definition: Lixivial
Lixivial
\Lix*iv"i*al\, a. [L. lixivius, fr. lix ashes, lye
ashes, lye: cf. F. lixiviel.]
1. Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts
extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or
salts like a lixivium. --Boyle.
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2. Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
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3. Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood
ashes.
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Lixivial salts (Old Chem.), salts which are obtained by
passing water through ashes, or by pouring it on them.
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