The freight train waited on the lye while the express passed on the main line.

Before pouring the soap mixture into molds, he tested the concentration of the lye with pH strips to ensure it was safe.

In the old chronicle, the weary soldier would lye beneath the elm to rest between marches.

Before dyeing, they lye the fabric to remove its natural oils.

Old lyes stored in the shed corroded the metal drums and leaked into the soil.

The soapmaker lyes the batch to remove impurities.

The artisan was lyeing the fabric to prepare it for dyeing.

I spent my childhood in Lye, where the canal and the old factory still stand.

The chemist warned that soda lye can cause severe chemical burns if handled without proper protection.

In the drought year, the villagers relied on chamber lye as a cheap fertilizer to revive their withering crops.