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Examples

  • Soaps are commonly made by boiling a fat with strong Iye.

    1. Oil Plants and their Potential Use 1989

  • Soda Iye can be used to test whether the sand contains excessive organic matter.

    5. Design of biogas plants 1988

  • The inner layers of the rind contain thick layers of fibrous material which are difficult to remove mechanically, but Iye peeling by immersion for about 10 minutes in 18 per cent sodium hydroxide solution at 95-99°C appears to be practicable.

    Chapter 38 1987

  • Two notable figures were Mana, and the mother of Susie, Iye.

    Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

  • She would travel if necessary in a hammock, as she was not so sure of herself as of old, and would find rest at wayside huts, and she would take Iye to act as interpreter where the women did not know Efik.

    Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

  • To the natives Iye was an outcast, and had "no character."

    Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

  • Jean, and Mana the slave-girl, Iye the twin-mother of Susie, Akom the first-fruit of Ekenge, and Esien the teacher at Itu, were baptized, and sat down at the communion-table.

    Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

  • Iye, was a slave from Bende, light in colour and handsome, and was the property of one of the big women, who treated her with kindness and consideration.

    Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary W. P. Livingstone

  • From time to time I used the still surface of the cove for a mirror, and when I had completed the transformation I washed the soot from my hands and face, using the ashes of the fire to furnish the necessary Iye to cut the greasy mess At the same time, I washed the blood from my face and body.

    Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939

  • "Iye-que, fortunate one!" she exclaimed as she took the straight-backed chair offered her.

    American Indian Stories 1921

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