green soap


noun
  1. a soap made chiefly from potassium hydroxide and linseed oil, used in treating some skin diseases.

Origin of green soap

1
First recorded in 1830–40

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How to use green soap in a sentence

  • Frequent washing of the parts with soap and water or tincture of green soap and water is also a preventive measure of value.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • The tincture of green soap (tinctura saponis viridis) is especially valuable for cleansing purposes in psoriasis of the scalp.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • green soap is a mixture of palm oil soap and curd soap, to which is added powdered smalt ground with water.

    The Art of Perfumery | G. W. Septimus Piesse
  • I did not use a brush, I just washed them with green soap and rinsed them in distilled water.

    Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Mr. Killion used green soap and washed his hands, and we ran a control, both of the right cheek and of both hands.

    Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for green soap

green soap

noun
  1. med a soft or liquid alkaline soap made from vegetable oils, used in treating certain chronic skin diseases: Also called: soft soap

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