Lydian

lid'i-an, a. Pert, to Lydia, in Asia Minor, or to inhabitants: soft; effeminate, — said esp. of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, whose music was of a soft, pathetic character. Lye, Water impregnated with alkali imbibed from the ashes of wood, used in soap-making, etc. [AS. leak, OHG. louga, lye; Ic. laug, a bath, L. lavare, to wash: see Lave; L. lixivium, lye, ashes.] — Lixiv 'ial,-T-al,a. Obtained by lixiviation; eve. term In, Tee Sdd, tone, 6r 353 LYMPH 335 containing alkali extracted from wood-ashes: of the color of. or like lye or alkaline salts from wood-ashes. — Lixiviate, -ated, a. Pert, to lye impregnated with alkali from wood-ashes. — Lixiviate, To — subject to the proce of lixiviation: to leach. Lixiv'ialion, n. Operation or proce of extracting soluble matter from insoluble by washing, filtering, or leaching, as alkali from ashes. — Lixiv'ium. -I-nni, n. Water impregnated with soluble matter, as with alkaline salts imbibed from wood-ashes.