LIXIV'IAL,

LIXIV'IATE,

LIXIV'IATED, adjective

1. Pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.

2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.

LIXIV'IATE, verb transitive [Latin lixivia, lixivium, lye.] To form lye; to impregnate with lye; to impregnate with salts from wood ashes. Water is lixiviated by passing through ashes.