Alkalized water, primarily that made by the lixiviation of vegetable ashes, but also applied (esp. with prefixed word as in soap-lye, soda-lye) to…

A strong preparation of lye: = capitellum, n. 1. Cf. capital lye n. Obsolete.

Lye in which linen, yarn, or cloth, is steeped or boiled as a first step in the process of buck-washing or bleaching.

An alkaline solution used for washing and soaking, containing salts leached from wood ashes or some other substance; lye.

watery liquid distilled from cheese.

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A chemical solution used for pickling (pickle, v.2 4a); esp. an acid used for cleaning metal.

A solution of coal-tar oil in soap.