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Leach vs Pleach - What's the difference?

leach | pleach |

As a proper noun leach

is .

As a verb pleach is

to unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.

leach

English

Noun

(leaches)
  • A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
  • A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
  • * 1894 , , In the Midst of Alarms , ch. 7:
    • "This is the leach ," said Kitty, pointing to a large, yellowish, upright wooden cylinder, which rested on some slanting boards, down the surface of which ran a brownish liquid that dripped into a trough.
  • (nautical)

    • Verb

  • 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.
  • * '>citation
  • To part with soluble constituents by percolation.

    • Usage notes

    Do not confuse this verb with the verb .

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    pleach

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.
  • * 1599 ,
    • The prince and Count Claudio, walking in a thick-pleached alley in my orchard, were thus much overheard by a man of mine [...]

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