Lixivial

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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