| 单词 | soap-bark |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoap-bark soap-bark v. transitive, to clean (garments) with soap-bark. Π 1930 Cambr. Daily News 25 Sept. 3/4 Gym slips should not be washed... It is much better at the beginning of the season to soap-bark them. soap-bark soap-bark n. a vegetable principle obtained from certain trees, as the Quillaja Saponaria of Chile, the common soapwort, Saponaria officinalis, and allied species, and used as a substitute for soap; saponin. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > soap > soap substitute soap-fruit1666 shagbark1691 soapberry1693 soap-root1846 soap-nut1858 soap-bark1861 soap-pod1866 soapine1883 1861 Eng. Cycl., Arts & Sci. VII. 636 A substance called soap bark was brought to Europe from some tropical country in 1859. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 952/2 Its bark, called Quillai or Soap-bark, is rough and dark coloured. 1883 R. Haldane Workshop Receipts 2nd Ser. 139/1 An article..is brushed with a cold decoction of soap~bark. < as lemmas |
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