† eliˈxiviate, v. Chem. Obs. rare.
[f. e- prefix3 + lixiviate to clear of lye.]
trans. To clear from lixivium or lye; to refine thoroughly. Hence eliˈxiviate, eliˈxiviated ppl. a., that has lost its lye, that has lost its essential properties. eliˌxiviˈation, steeping in water for the sake of extracting the lye.
| 1674 Phil. Trans. IX. 70 Several Minerals..are to the taste altogether insipid and elixiviated. 1675 Evelyn Terra (1729) 42 By the Air, the most efflete and elixiviated Mould comes to be repair'd. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xix. 852 Salt of Vitriol is prescribed to be made..of an elixiviate Colcothar. 1684–5 Boyle Min. Waters 23 Examining these substances by..elixiviation. 1748 Phil. Trans. XLV. 542 The Art of converting..Wood-ashes into Pot-ash, without the..Process of Elixiviation. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters I. 6 The artificial, are those that are extracted..by..elixiviation. |