A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.
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A gift begged; a present.
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Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
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One who, or that which, cleans.
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To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.
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One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent.
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A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.
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Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
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Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
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To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition;…
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To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition;…
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Suds made with soap.
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Suds made with soap.
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Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.
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Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.
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To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.
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To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or…
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Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
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A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.
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