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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The business of boiling or manufacturing soap.
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Examples
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A variety of industries, such as tallow-melting, soap-boiling, tile-making and brewing, are carried on.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The above is a general practical outline of the ordinary soap-boiling process.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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_In kurtzen_, I know little more of soap-boiling than I do of tailoring, horse-farriery, or shoe-making, all of which I have practised. '
George Borrow The Man and His Books Edward Thomas 1897
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She says, ` I mean to rebuild the Schloss, and I have put a stop to the soap-boiling business.
Frances Waldeaux 1897
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"Well, Fanny, as my expenses are very heavy now, if you will give up your soap-boiling for this year, I will agree to pay you fifty dollars."
A girl's life in Virginia before the war, Letitia M Burwell 1895
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"'Bout setting up soap-boiling out here, Mas'r Harry," he said, grinning.
The Golden Magnet George Manville Fenn 1870
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"No soap-boiling out there, Mas'r Harry," cried Tom cheerily; and he gave a long sniff as if to get some of the familiar old smell into his nose.
The Golden Magnet George Manville Fenn 1870
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Harry goes adventuring, and with him goes Tom, a young worker at Harry's father's soap-boiling factory.
The Golden Magnet George Manville Fenn 1870
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Now, with such ideas as these in my head, I ask anybody, was it likely that I could take to soap-boiling?
The Golden Magnet George Manville Fenn 1870
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Sugar-refining, gas-making, soap-boiling, gunpowder-manufacture, are operations all partly chemical; as are likewise those which produce glass and porcelain.
Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Herbert Spencer 1861
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