soapings

The dear has remained clean since then, so no other dousings or soapings have been required.

chicagojo Diary Entry chicagojo 2003

It took three soapings before the water finally rinsed away clear.

Homebody Card, Orson Scott 1998

It took repeated soapings before the rinse water washed away clear.

This Calder Range Janet Dailey 1982

It took repeated soapings before the rinse water washed away clear.

This Calder Range Janet Dailey 1982

When the pieces were steamed and washed the reds and roses were superior to the old dyed reds and roses produced at the cost of many sourings and soapings.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various

The custom of dyeing up to a brown with fleur and then lightening the shade by a succession of soapings and cleanings had much to do with this failure.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various

This tone is due in great part to the presence of fawn colored matters, which the cleanings and soapings served to destroy or remove.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various

With alizarins for reds, the case is quite different; they contain no impurities to remove and no bodies which may gain brightness in consequence of chemical changes under the influence of the clearings and soapings.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various

I have a clean beard, and I don't require to be refreshed in that fashion, and whoever comes to wash me or touch a hair of my head, I mean to say my beard, with all due respect be it said, I'll give him a punch that will leave my fist sunk in his skull; for cirimonies and soapings of this sort are more like jokes than the polite attentions of one's host. "

Don Quixote 2002

I have a clean beard, and I don't require to be refreshed in that fashion, and whoever comes to wash me or touch a hair of my head, I mean to say my beard, with all due respect be it said, I'll give him a punch that will leave my fist sunk in his skull; for cirimonies and soapings of this sort are more like jokes than the polite attentions of one's host. "

Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581