Definition of Lixivium. Meaning of Lixivium. Synonyms of Lixivium

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Definition of Lixivium

Lixivium
Lixivium Lix*iv"i*um, n. [L. lixivium, lixivia. See Lixivial.] A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.

Meaning of Lixivium from wikipedia

- was extracted from the lentisk and from pine, and was first washed in a lixivium of ashes. (Geoponika, vol. 1, p. 202. For an extraction method, see Dry...
- 'lixiviate', meaning to leach or to dissolve out, deriving from the Latin lixivium. A lixiviant ****ists in rapid and complete leaching, for example during...
- scouring agents were once produced locally; lant or stale urine and lixivium, a solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes, were among the...
- there are two generic terms used to describe alkaline plants used as a lixivium in washing hands and in laundering clothes, the one being called borith...
- tar-water. Jurin attended Robert Walpole as his physician and prescribed lixivium lithontripti**** for Walpole's bladder stones. Jurin had used a similar...
- to the physicians, for utterly condemning the use of the lithontryptic lixivium in the treatment of the stone. The True Account of all the Transactions...