soap boiler

noun

a manufacturer of soap

Nearby words

soakaway, soaked to the skin, soakers, soane, soap, soap boiler, soap box derby, soap bubble, soap dish, soap flakes, soap opera

Derived Forms

soap boiling, noun

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Examples from the Web for soap boiler

In other words, Giles was now a soap-boiler, in a small way.
Stories of Exile|Various
The bones are selected with care, and sold to the soap-boiler.
The International Weekly Miscellany, Volume I. No. 8|Various
At the ripe age of ten he was taken from school, and set to assist his father in the trade of tallow-chandler and soap-boiler.
Benjamin Franklin|John Torrey Morse, Jr.
The business of the soap-boiler consists in manufacturing soap, by the combination of certain oily and alkaline substances.
Popular Technology, Vol. I (of 2)|Edward Hazen

The soda-ash used by the soap-boiler, contains in general about 36 per cent.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure