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noun

Lejía

A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.

"My grandmother used the leach in the backyard to make her own soap from wood ashes. "

Mi abuela usaba la lejía en el patio trasero para hacer su propio jabón a partir de cenizas de madera.

substance chemistry agriculture

noun

Tina de lixiviación

A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.

"My grandmother used a wooden leach to make lye from wood ashes for her homemade soap. "

Mi abuela usaba una tina de lixiviación de madera para hacer lejía de cenizas de madera para su jabón casero.

utensil material agriculture

noun

Dulce gelatinoso

A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.

"1670 Hannah Woolley The Queen-like Closet, Or, Rich Cabinet https//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen-Like_Closet "To make Leach and to colour it""

1670 Hannah Woolley The Queen-like Closet, Or, Rich Cabinet https//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen-Like_Closet "Para hacer dulce gelatinoso y darle color"

food history

noun

Sanguijuela

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.

"The doctor used a leech to draw blood and reduce swelling in the patient's injured finger. "

El médico usó una sanguijuela para extraer sangre y reducir la hinchazón en el dedo lesionado del paciente.

animal organism biology medicine

noun

Parásito, sanguijuela

A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.

""My lazy cousin is a leach; he always borrows money but never pays it back." "

Mi primo vago es un parásito; siempre pide dinero prestado pero nunca lo devuelve.

person negative character society business moral economy

noun

Sanguijuela

A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

"The doctor carefully positioned the leach over the swollen bruise, hoping to draw out the pooled blood and reduce the inflammation. "

El médico colocó cuidadosamente la sanguijuela sobre el hematoma hinchado, con la esperanza de extraer la sangre acumulada y reducir la inflamación.

medicine device

noun

Médico

A physician.

"In past centuries, people consulted a leach for medical advice and treatment. "

En siglos pasados, la gente consultaba a un médico para obtener consejo y tratamiento médico.

medicine person job

noun

Curandero

(Heathenry) A healer.

"In the small village, Freya was known as the village's leach, skilled in herbal remedies and healing touch. "

En el pequeño pueblo, Freya era conocida como el curandero del pueblo, experta en remedios herbales y tacto curativo.

religion mythology person

noun

Baluma

The vertical edge of a square sail.

"The wind filled the square sail, causing the leach to curve gently outwards. "

El viento llenó la vela cuadrada, haciendo que la baluma se curvara suavemente hacia afuera.

nautical sailing technical

noun

Baluma

The aft edge of a triangular sail.

"The sailboat's leach was flapping in the wind. "

La baluma del velero ondeaba con el viento.

nautical sailing technical

verb

Lixiviar, lavar

To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.

"Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil."

Las fuertes lluvias pueden lixiviar del suelo minerales importantes para el crecimiento de las plantas.

chemistry process science environment

verb

Lixiviar

To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

"Rain can leach minerals from the soil, carrying them away into the river. "

La lluvia puede lixiviar los minerales del suelo, llevándolos al río.

chemistry geology environment process