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Definition of Lixivia
1. lixivium [n] - See also: lixivium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lixivia
Literary usage of Lixivia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"lixivia TART ARIZ ATA, < from Kr, ... lixivia'tin. An operation which consists
in washing wood-ashes with water, so as to dissolve the soluble parts. ..."
2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science ... with French and Other by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"... lixivia'tio, Same etymon. An operation which consist* in washing wood-ashes
with water, ao as to dissolve the soluble parts. The filtered liquor is the ..."
3. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1805)
"leaving any notable residuum; but a small part remains un- dissolved, when coloured
or opaque specimens are exposed to the alkaline lixivia. ..."
4. The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural by Thomas Sprat (1722)
"... as we affirmed of Urine; and " the difference I make between Urine and Tarta- "
rous-lixivia is only this, that though the Salts of " both of them feem ..."
5. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"By Adding some of it, from time to time, to the fresh lixivia, a portion of that
... When the aluminous lixivia contain a great deal of sulphate of iron, ..."
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