Lye

Definitions

1. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9284).
2. An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
   countable, uncountable
3. Obsolete spelling of lie.
   alt-of, obsolete
4. A diminutive of the female given name Lyanna.
   rare
5. Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).
   countable, uncountable
6. A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
   UK

Equivalents

Examples

“She had not left the lye in too long so that the hair would fall⟳ out in clumps later.”

“Brakevan lye. [same page in the main text] There is also an inclined lye for brakevans at each end⟳ of the yard.”

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