LYE (0. Eng. leag, cf. Dutch loog, Ger. Lauge, from the

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root meaning to

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• WASH, THE

wash, see in

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• LAT

Lat. lavare, and Eng. " lather," froth of

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• SOAP

soap and

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• WATER

water, and "

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• LAUNDRY

laundry ")  , the name given to the solution of alkaline salts obtained by leaching or lixiviating wood ashes with water, and sometimes to a solution of a caustic alkali . Lixiviation (Lat. lixivium, lye, lix, ashes) is the action of separating, by the percolation of water, a soluble from an insoluble substance .