Soap

sfip, n. a compound of oils or fats with soda or potash, used in washing. v.t. to rub or wash witn soap. [A.S. sate. From the root ol sif an, to drip cog. with Ger. set/? conn, also with L. sebum, fat \L. sajo is borrowed from the Tent).] Soapstone, sBp's tdn, «. a soft kind of magnesian rock having a soafy feel, also called Steatite.