leach

  1. Noun.  A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
  2. Noun.  A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
  3. Noun.  (nautical) (alternative spelling of, leech) .
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.

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