leach
/liːt͡ʃ/ noun C2- A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
- A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
Plural leaches
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