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soakage
[ soh-kij ]
soakage
/ ˈsəʊkɪdʒ /
noun
- the process or a period in which a permeable substance is soaked in a liquid
- liquid that has been soaked up or has seeped out
- Also calledsoak a small pool of water or swampy patch
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Also, the soakage in water for any length of time tends to relax the whole of the muscular system.
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It failed at Erfurt, but, as it is believed the wells were contaminated by soakage, this is perhaps no certain case.
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This spring or soakage, whichever it may be, is in black sand, though the sand outside the little basin is yellowish white.
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So we decided on the northern course, and chose Mount Shenton, near which a soakage was marked, as our objective point.
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The visible supply of water was small, and we had grave doubts as to any soakage existing!
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