Lixiviate /(?)/

Lix·iv·i·ate

Lixiviate

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
  2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.

Lixiviate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Lixiviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lixiviating

  1. To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.