| 单词 | black soap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack soap black soap n. any of various types of dark-coloured soap; spec. (a) a soft soap made from alkali and animal blubber or fish oil (now historical); (b) a soap originating in Africa made from the ashes of certain leaves and bark together with oils such as shea butter, palm oil, or coconut oil. ΚΠ 1415–16 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 16 [12d. received for sifting one barrel of] Blaksope. c1425 tr. J. Arderne Treat. Fistula (Sloane 6) (1910) 40 (MED) Ane oyntement made of blakke sope and poudre of bole. 1526 Treasure of Pore Men f. xxxiv Take blacke sope in a clene cloth and put it in yelowe pysse & then anoynte the morfewe therwith. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 364 Then washe him twice with blacke Sope. 1669 J. Blagrave Epitome Art of Husbandry 108 Take Butter, black Sope, and Hemlockherb, with a quantity of Salt and Oyl proportionable, then mix them altogether. 1704 Dict. Rusticum (at cited word) For black Soap, it is made with strong Lye..and Whale or Fish Oil, commonly called Train-oil. 1826 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 29 Apr. 136/2 Cottons which have received stains of oil are best cleared by a hot solution of black soap. 1942 V 27 60 Brazilian ex-slaves..would bring to be sold in Brazil such African products as kola nuts, palm oil, black soap, [etc.]. 2006 Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel (Nexis) 7 Mar. Students plan to make the so-called ‘black soap’ following a traditional Ghanaian recipe. < as lemmas |
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