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green soap

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green soap (grn)
n.
A translucent, yellowish-green soft or liquid soap made chiefly from vegetable oils and used in the treatment of skin disorders.

green soap
Etymology: AS, grene + L, sapo
a soft soap made from vegetable oils with sodium or potassium hydroxide in concentrations adjusted to retain glycerol. The soap actually may be any color, depending on the oils added.

Green Soap
A soap from certain saponified vegetables—excluding coconut and palm kernel oils—mixed with H2O2 and glycerin

soap [sōp]
any compound of one or more fatty acids, or their equivalents, with an alkali. Soap is detergent and used as a cleanser.
green soap (medicinal soap) (soft soap) a soap made from vegetable oils other than coconut oil or palm kernel oil, potassium hydroxide as an alkali, and glycerin.

soap
any compound of one or more fatty acids, or their equivalents, with an alkali. Soap is a detergent and is employed in liniments and enemas and in making pills. It is also a mild aperient, antacid and antiseptic.

green soap
a potassium soap made by saponification of vegetable oils, excluding coconut oil and palm kernel oil, without the removal of glycerin; it is the chief ingredient of green soap tincture.
medicated soap
those containing additional ingredients, usually for the treatment of skin disorders, e.g. insecticides, keratolytics, antiseptics, antipruritics.
soap poisoning
common dishwashing and laundry soaps can be a source of poisoning for dogs and cats. There can be gastrointestinal and neurologic signs.
soft soap (medicinal)
green soap.
soap substitute
detergents or cleansing creams for cleaning the skin, especially removing greasy films or glandular exudates.


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They also claim the green soap "stimulates activity where there was once sluggishness".
It has entailed weeks of using the green soap for all showers, abstaining completely from cologne and other sweet-smelling products for work, and sacrificing the social life.
But I often wash the costumes, and even wash the feathers with green soap, dry them by the fire and curl them with a blunt knife.
 
 
 
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