Lye

(noun.) a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.

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• In practice, the wood ashes were boiled in water, which was then strained off, and the resulting filtrate, or lye, was mixed with the fats for soap making. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Colours dyed in this way become fixed, and no soap or lye will ever wash them out. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• In 1826 a patent was granted in the United States to one Lye for a sewing machine, but no records of the same remain, as all were burned in the fire of 1836. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Grease and fat were boiled with water and hardwood ashes, which are rich in lye, and from the mixture came the soft soap used by our ancestors. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Dissolve the concentrated lye in the water, add the sugar and boil the solution, meanwhile gradually adding the arsenic. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• But this property of bases, harmful in one way, is put to advantage in the home, where grease is removed from drainpipe and sink by the application of lye, a strong base. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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