Leach

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) See 3d Leech.

(2): ( n.) A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

(3): ( n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

(4): ( v. i.) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

(5): ( v. t.) To dissolve out; - often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.

(6): ( v. t.) To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.

(7): ( n.) See Leech, a physician.