Definition of Leachings

1. leaching [n] - See also: leaching

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leachings

lea
leach
leach tube
leachabilities
leachability
leachable
leachate
leachates
leached
leacher
leachers
leaches
leachier
leachiest
leaching
leachings (current term)
leachour
leachours
leachy
lead-acid
lead-acid accumulator
lead-acid battery
lead-footed
lead-free
lead-in
lead-off
lead-out
lead-outs
lead-pipe cinch

Literary usage of Leachings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report (1890)
"Into the pail in which the teachings were caught was put a small amount of oxalic acid that any free ammonia in the leachings might be fixed and not escape ..."

2. The Chemistry of Soils and Fertilizers by Harry Snyder (1899)
"One set of plants was watered with distilled water, while another had in addition small amounts of leachings from an old loam field. ..."

3. Soils: Their Formation, Properties, Composition, and Relations to Climate by Eugene Woldemar Hilgard (1921)
"King's first leachings were always made by shaking up the soil with ten times ... Subsequent leachings were made by packing the soil around the filters and ..."

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