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Definition of Leachy
1. a. Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.
Definition of Leachy
1. Adjective. Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leachy
1. porous [adj LEACHIER, LEACHIEST] - See also: porous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leachy
Literary usage of Leachy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1875)
"After having, by any proper system of management, so altered the texture of leachy
soil thut it will hold almost all the water that falls upon it ; after ..."
2. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1921)
"They are so leachy that they will not hold moisture near the surface though one
should stand with a hose and almost continually pour it on. ..."
3. The Farm: A Pocket Manual of Practical Agriculture; Or, How to Cultivate All by Samuel Roberts Wells (1858)
"Where the subsoil is loose and leachy, consisting of an excess of sand or gravel,
it is not only unnecessary but positively injurious. ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Shallow wells are liable to contamination in many ways; the principal sources of
contamination, however, are leachy cesspools, privy vaults, and defective ..."
5. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1853)
"... the expense of carting on clay and other materials to enrich and restore this
leachy kind of land would be more than it would be worth when done. ..."
6. The California Vegetables in Garden and Field: A Manual of Practice, with by Edward James Wickson (1913)
"Where the garden soil is very light, open and leachy, the vegetables are often
... This is the only way by which a leachy soil can be uniformly moistened, ..."
7. Census Reports Tenth Census. June 1, 1880 by Francis Amasa Walker, Charles Williams Seaton, Henry Gannett (1884)
"The subsoil is red and •white clay, somewhat leachy, which contains " black
gravel" and angular white pebbles. In some places it is underlaid by clay, ..."
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