Obs. rare. [a. F. lixive (Cotgr.), ad. L. lixīvium LIXIVIUM.] = LIXIVIUM.
1606. Daniel, Queen’s Arcadia, III. i. Then can I … vse strange speach Of … Eclegmats, Embrochs, Lixiues, Cataplasmes.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Walnut Tree, A Dye is also made of this Lixive to colour Wool, Wood, and Hair.
1802. G. V. Sampson, Statist. Surv. Londonderry, 112. To two ounces of the water, were added ten drops of lixive, or lye of tartar.
