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Soap :: Soap (n.) 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..

Lathered :: Lathered (imp. & p. p.) of Lathe.

Blatherskite :: Blatherskite (n.) A blustering, talkative fellow..

Saponin :: Saponin (n.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type..

Lather :: Lather (n.) Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

Lather :: Lather (v. i.) To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse..

Lather :: Lather (n.) To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face..

Soapwort :: Soapwort (n.) A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet..

Lathereeve :: Lathereeve (n.) Alt. of Lathreev.

Lathering :: Lathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lathe.

Lather :: Lather (v. t.) To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog..

Lather :: Lather (n.) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse..

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