Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LYE
LYE, n. [Sax. leah; G. lauge; D. loog; Arm. ligeou or lichou; Sp. lexia; Fr. lessive; L. lix, whence lixivium. It coincides with Sax. loge, water; Ant. L. lixa, whence Lugdunum, Leyden, Lyons, that is, Water-town.]
Water impregnated with alkaline salt imbibed from the ashes of wood.
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