What is the meaning of LYE. Phrases containing LYE
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
to sell drugs
Upchuck is American slang for to vomit
a rag covering for a sore finger or thumb (thumb-stall, finger-stall); bandaid
Used to signify "great", "cool", but to be used on its own. You can't have a "champion something".
a tin back for a lamp or candlestick; also the head of a person
Heavy bevvy is British slang for strong beer.Heavy bevvy is British slang for a long drinking session.
Flowers
, as in “all silk so far†All okay so far
In the alley is American slang for serve as a side dish.
(somebody) Grab, shake up
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Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
n.
A falsehood.
v. t.
To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching.
v. t.
To wash (clothes) in lye or suds, or, in later usage, by beating them on stones in running water.
n.
A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.
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The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).
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Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
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See Lye.
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A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.
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Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala.
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A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.
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A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
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A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
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The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
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Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
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See Lye.
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A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.
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The cicada.
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