
Noah Webster
Lixivial
LIXIV'IAL,
LIXIV'IATE,
LIXIV'IATED, adjective
1. Pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
LIXIV'IATE, verb transitive [Latin lixivia, lixivium, lye.] To form lye; to impregnate with lye; to impregnate with salts from wood ashes. Water is lixiviated by passing through ashes.