lye

lipeä An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
potassium Potassium or sodium hydroxide. (Caustic soda)
(obsolete spelling of)
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But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain,He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane;And, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day,Walks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.

Now negligent of sports I lye,And now as other Fawkners use,I spring a mistresse, sweare, write, sigh and weepe:And the game kill'd, or lost, goe talk, and sleepe.