4 entries under this word
v. t. [imp. & p. p. LEACHED (leecht); p. pr. & vb. n. LEACHING.] [See infra.] To wash, as ashes, by percolation, or causing water to pass through them, and thus to separate from them the alkali. [Written also leech and letch.]
To pass through by percolation.
n. [Written also letch.] [A-S. leah, Ger. lauge. See LYE.]
Sense 1. A quantity of wood-ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
Sense 2. A tub in which ashes are leached; a leach-tub.
n. 1. (Naut.) See LEECH. 2. A physician. See LEECH. [Obs.] Spenser.