| 单词 | water of lye |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater of lye a. 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 any strong alkaline solution, esp. one used for the purpose of washing. †Also water of lye. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > lotion or bath > [noun] > specific lyea700 eye-water?1593 mouth-water1598 arquebusade1739 eye lotion1797 black wash1805 mouthwash1806 bloodbath1834 starch bath1836 sulphur bath1843 whitewash1897 wax bath1916 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > bases > [noun] > named alkalis or bases > others lyea700 allantoin1837 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > water or solutions > types of solution lyea700 capital?a1425 buck1562 lessive1597 cheese-water1599 buck-lye1632 pickle1782 lysol1891 a700 Epinal Gloss. 591 Lexiua, leag [Corpus and Erf. læg]. c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 364 Scinseocum men wyrc drenc of hwites hundes þoste on bitere lege wundorlice hyt hæleð. c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 338 Wyrc him leage of ellen ahsan. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 93 If þat þou waische hem boþe [a cankre & a foul vlcus] wiþ liȝe. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 93 Þe vlcus is clensid wiþ þilke liȝe [v.r. leyȝe]. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 377 Wete hit [a tree] at the fulle Thrie euery mone a yer in lie allone. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 32 Take a gode quantyte of fyne leye, & put it on a potte..& whan þe ley is seþin hot, caste þe Pesyn þer-to. c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 195 Watyr of legh þat is made wyth asschys & watyr..for asschys & hote watyr makyn good leyghe. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. ii. sig. a.vi But man shal be baptysed in necessyte with lye. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 60 The Lee or Lixivium wherewith the Women usually scour their Clothes. 1704 N. N. tr. T. Boccalini Advts. from Parnassus III. 287 Henry the Fourth, thought it an Honour to wash his Head..though some malicious People say, He did it not with Soap, but with hot scalding Lye. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 544 Muriate of potash. This salt..is prepared from the waste leys of the soap-makers. 1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ iv. 32 The officers..were content with ley, which was furnished in plenty by the ashes from the galley fire. < as lemmas |
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