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lye [Brit lʌɪ, Am laɪ] N CHEM

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The process may also involve treatment with lye to soften the outer skin. en.wikipedia.org

They say that the bulbs were boiled in lye to remove toxic alkaloids before consumption. en.wikipedia.org

It is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish) or dried/salted whitefish (klippfisk) and lye ("lut"). en.wikipedia.org

The curing process may take from a few days, with lye, to a few months with brine or salt packing. en.wikipedia.org

That it took off the place where his arm did lye. en.wikipedia.org

Structures on the farm included a barn, springhouse, corn crib, smokehouse, ash hopper (used for making lye soap), and several other cabins. en.wikipedia.org

First, the olive oil is brought into a large, in-ground vat along with water and lye. en.wikipedia.org

Boil in a lye made of soda ash or the dung liquor 17. en.wikipedia.org

In the late 1970s, the product was reformulated as a combination of liquid lye and sodium hypochlorite. en.wikipedia.org

The fibers are then boiled with lye to remove the starch, fat and tannin, and then placed in running water to remove the lye. en.wikipedia.org

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