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单词 soaping
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soapingn.

Etymology: < soap v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsoaping.
The action or process of smearing, rubbing, or washing with soap. Also in figurative context.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > washing with soapy water
soaping1556
lathering1598
lathera1627
sappling1836
sudsing1844
sudding1909
1556 in Shropshire Par. Doc. (1903) 57 For sopyng of clothys, vid.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Enxabonadúra, sopeing of Linnen.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 150 ‘Bristol soap’..by its hardness enables the good wives..to perform the act of soaping more perseveringly.
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 726/1 Some spot where Pleasure's tail was free from soaping, And all might seize it fast who felt inclin'd.
1879 C. Marvin Our Public Offices 23 A vast amount of soaping and towelling was then called into action to remove the grime.
attributive.1646 Looking-Glass for Sope-Patentees (title page) A new Project..to monopolize the Soping-mystery.1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 688/2 After washing out of the dye-beck the goods [sc. calicoes] are passed into a soaping beck.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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