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Meanings of lye in English
Russian
щёлок Usage of lye in English
1
Turn them frequently while in the lye, and wipe them dry afterwards.
2
They made pots of lye hominy and lye soap the same day.
3
Now be keerful and not run afoul of the plaguey lye leech.
4
If lye was on his gloves, he couldn't risk touching his clothes.
5
We made all our soap and lye hominy by the washpots full.
6
I take the canister of lye and put it on the table.
7
When fat and lye are combined chemically, soap and glycerin are formed.
8
Trees are ordinarily washed with soap suds or with a lye solution.
9
A paste of lye and water can burn through an aluminum pan.
10
Their soap was made from lye, dripped from ashes, and meat scraps.
11
Then one of the stable boys sprinkled lye into the rotting hoof.
12
This stuff is primarily sodium hydroxide, or lye, with a little bleach.
13
Good, I will need at least a half bucket of lye.
14
A solution of lye and water will dissolve a wooden spoon.
15
The lye must be prepared and tried in the usual way.
16
The alkali was strong as concentrated lye, blistering our mouths in the experiment.
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United States of America
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