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lessive rare.|ˈlɛsɪv|
[ad. F. lessive:—L. lixīva neut. pl. adj. used as n.]
A lye of wood-ashes, soap-suds, etc., used in washing.
a1790B. Franklin Works (1836) II. 104 One [way] is, to soak it [sc. the grain] all night in a lessive or lye. 1826[J. R. Best] 4 Yrs. France 303 The lessive, so the washing is called from the wood ashes employed in it. 1875Fortnum Majolica vi. 59 Take out the wares and allow them to soak in a lessive of soap-suds. |