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The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida, a species of stonewort. See Stonewort. Lyell.

One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer.

what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton. Lyell.

Anterior in age to the lowest rocks which contain organic remains. Lyell.

A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.

See Lye.

See Lye.

Of the color of lye; resembling lye.

Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.

ightly twisted hempen rope soaked in a solution of limewater and saltpeter or washed in a lye of water and wood ashes. It burns at the rate of four or five inches an hour, and is used for firing cannon, fireworks, etc.

An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier. Lyell.

To convert into opal, or a substance like opal. Lyell.

The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground. Lyell.

rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried.

a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.

eol.), one of the beds of the Eocene period; -- so called because used in making pottery. Lyell. -- Plastic element (Physiol.), one that bears within the germs of a higher form. -- Plastic exudation (Med.), an exudation thrown out upon a wounded surface and constituting the material of repair by which the process of…

To bend; to yield. [Obs.] It would rather burst atwo than plye. Chaucer. The willow plied, and gave way to the gust. L'Estrange.

impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).

The office of reader. Lyell.

Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction. Lyell.