lixivial
lixivial adjective: of or derived from lye or wood ashes.
Adjective
lixivial (comparative more lixivial, superlative most lixivial)
- Of or derived from lye or wood ashes.
- […] we obtain'd, more than once, out of 16 ounces of salt-petre, 10 ounces of fix'd nitre, very lixivial in tast and operation, and of a pleasant greenish blue colour, deeper than salt of tartar will usually be brought to, by being, in a crucible, kept twenty times as long in a strong fire.1679, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Notes about the Producibleness of Chymical Principles
- But such may rest satisfied that those dextrous and conscientious Artificers the Chymists, can furnish us with a Lixival Salt of any Plant we want, made from the Cineres Clavellati or Pot-Ashes.1752, Henry Bracken, Farriery improv'd: or, A compleat treatise upon the art of farriery
Forms of lixivial
| comparative | more lixivial |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lixivial |
| alternative form | lixival |
Origin of lixivial
From Latin lixivius, lixīvus, from lixa (“ashes, lye ashes, lye”). Compare French lixiviel.
Questions about lixivial
- What does lixivial mean?
- Lixivial means of or derived from lye or wood ashes.
- What part of speech is lixivial?
- Lixivial is an adjective.
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