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lye::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | caustic |
| Has types | caustic potash, caustic soda, potash, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide |
Examples of lye
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Sailors tried to scrub off the radioactivity with brushes, water, soap, and lye.
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I was wearing my apron, I had my hair jacked to Jesus, and I was making lye soap.
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Previously, lye was among the many different alkalis leached from hardwood ashes.
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Andrea Burrell gets her grandmother to show how to make soap from lye and lard.
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When she was about 15 months old, she somehow drank lye that was mixed with water.
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They continued to grow their own food, and Granny made lye soap and moonshine.
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For rare finds, Nance uses the more complicated and thorough lye soap method.
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Soap, a compound made from lye and fat, is an ancient and common laundry aid.
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It makes biodiesel, an alternative fuel, by mixing vegetable oil, methanol and lye.
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- A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
- Lye is a corrosive alkaline substance, commonly sodium hydroxide (NaOH, also known as 'caustic soda') or historically potassium hydroxide (KOH, from hydrated potash). Previously, lye was among the many different alkalis leached from hardwood ashes. ...
- A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium or sodium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap as well as its use in biodiesel; Obsolete spelling of lie
- Lye is combined with animal fats to make bars of soap, which may corrode and dry out the skin.
- (alay) - To mix with. Similar to temper.
- A common term for sodium hydroxide, the alkali used to make soap. Also known as caustic soda.
- A caustic, and potentially dangerous, substance used in soap-making
- Lye is the base, or alkaline, used in making hard soaps (as opposed to liquid soaps, which use potassium hydroxide.) Lye is extremely caustic and should be handled with care. Soap makers used to create "lye water" by running water through hardwood ashes, but today lye is commercially available. ...
- Also called Sodium hydroxide, it is a strong alkali used with vat dyes such as Indigo.
