LIXIVIATE
LIXIVIATED, a.
1. Pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
LIXIVIATEv.t.
[L. lixivia, lixivium, lye.] To form lye; to impregnate with lye; to impregnate with salts from wood ashes. Water is lixiviated by passing through ashes.