The new substance, as a rule, is without action on earthy matters or on vegetable colours; it is not sour, nor is it soapy to the touch like alkali; it is neutral.
The woman was washing the parlor floor, slopping on the soapy water with that air of finality that made Ellen Robinson realize that the old home was broken up at last.
Allison was off at once, and the entrance of the soapy and embarrassed children created a further diversion.
And the next morning, by eleven o'clock, the French women in their sabots and dirty petticoats were kneeling round the soapy water in the lavoir, doubtless chattering about the last two nights' events.
The lavoir is a good-sized stone structure with a large tank of soapy water in the middle, round which the women scrub and pound their clothes, gossiping, laughing and scolding all the day long in their raucous French.
The door gave way with a smack, opened, and we smelled soapy steam, and a sharp odor of spoilt food and tobacco, and we entered into total darkness.
A washerwoman, wringing her soapy hands, was pursuing and hustling the old man with piercing screams.
The remedy is to arrange for keeping the air about the plants more moist, and giving drenchings of the foliage with clear or soapy water.
For the red spider, the chief means of control is syringing with either clear or soapy water.
The ground having become slippery, we returned upon our narrow and soapy route with some caution, but the careful animals who were well accustomed to these dangerous paths carried us safely to our camp.
Soapy fled, slipping and stumbling through the snow in his intense haste.
Look out for Soapy Sam," warned a swarthy-visaged man in picturesque attire.
Still, for your future benefit I may tell you that my handle is Soapy Sam, an' I've planted considerable men like you in my time.
But Soapy was evidently determined not to be offended by anything we might say.
A loud shout at our back made us both turn with alacrity, and behold there stood Mac with his long Winchester repeater levelled fairly at Soapy Samuel's head.
Assuredly Soapy Sam's prowess was no mean factor to be considered.
As we passed by a large log structure set back among the trees, I was surprised to hear a husky voice call out to us, and while we hesitated the door of the hut swung open, and Soapy Sam appeared and beckoned mysteriously.
Then don't go near the Skagit to-night," saidSoapy impressively.
Live steam from the fire-room forced the soapy sirup out of the boiler, through the small iron pipe, into the hollow that led to the geyser far underground.
Arthur believed that from the hollow pile the soapy liquid would find its way to the geyser proper, where it would take effect in stimulating the lessened flow to its former proportions.
Then, when the evidence gained from the water in the pipe had confirmed his surmises, they had to prepare their "charge" of soapy liquids by which the geyser was to be stirred to renewed activity.
Arthur was going to force the soapy liquid into the hollow pile by steam.
Beth plucked some petals from the rose she was smelling, set them on the soapy water, and ran down the passage beside them, until they disappeared in the drain in the street.
Presently a torrent of dirty water came pouring down the spout, mingling its disagreeable soapy smell with that of the flowers.
You and Soapy Shay go over and tell those men that we are taking a count of all the people in this camp.
Two messengers had gone down to the landing to wait for the report to be shouted from the afterdeck of the Doraine,--Soapy Shay and Buck Chizler, the jockey.
And as for changing the name of his prattling ward, he fairly roared his objection; though an uncommonly mild man for a sailor, he uttered such blasphemous things to a group of well-meaning women that even Sheriff Soapy Shay was aghast.
I haven't been able to look Soapy in the face for a month.
To his amazement, Soapygrinned and then winked at him!
Sure as my right name ain't Soapy Shay," returned the witness, holding up his right hand.
He recognized the countenance of Soapy Shay, the thief.
Soon the snow melted into water, and then when the water was hot Uncle Wiggily made a soapysuds as Nurse Jane had done.
I want you to make some nice, hot, soapy suds and water, and wash this first little kitten's mittens.
We will do it for you, in soapy water, which is better.
Thus passed three minutes, then she again began rubbing thesoapy garment.
The seamstress, muffing her arms with the garment she was dipping in soapy water, did not answer.
As a rule, it will be necessary only to give a few injections of soapy water in the rectum and to introduce the finger through the anus to break down any hardened mass of dung found there.
In dry gangrene the skin is leathery and harsh, while in moist gangrene the tissues are soft, wrinkled, and friable; the hair is disturbed, and the skin is usually moist and soapy and sometimes covered with blebs.
Injections of warm, soapywater or salt and water into the rectum aid the cure.
Some soapy water is prepared, so that it easily forms soap bubbles, and it is poured into an iron trough.
Dilute solutions of sodium hydroxide produce a soapy feeling on the skin because the active base of soap consists of caustic soda.
A portion of the oil is thus transformed into a soapy substance.
It turns red litmus blue; it has a soapy feel; it neutralizes acids, forming salts with them.
The solution of a base has a soapy feel and a brackish taste.
Soapy water mixed with urine soon becomes foul if allowed to stagnate in traps, but it has never in my experience been foul if poured upon the earth and allowed to soak away.
Finally, she gave my face one last swipe and emptied the pan of soapy water out the back door.
He had a dishpan full of soapy water, and he kept sloshing the water through the chimney.
It was so pale, so drawn, so anxious, he seemed to have washed away all its youth and pride and brightness, along with the grease paint and the rouge, in the basin of soapy water.
Use rubber gloves in dish washing, and if you must have your hands in soapy water for a long time, after washing them in pure water rub over with a few drops of lemon juice or cider vinegar.
When soiled the cloths may be washed in soapy water and dried in the open air.
The peeling is aided by bathing the patient every day with warm, soapy water.
During this the left hand is soaking in tepid, soapy water.
Soapy Sam had fairly outdone himself since Blinky had ridden in with news that the boss and some guests were on the way.
Within ten minutes everybody was seated, and in the lap of each member of the party was a tin plate, piled high with juicy steak, fried potatoes, and a generous portion of beans of Soapy Sam's own peculiar devising.
By the time this was finished, Soapy Sam announced dinner by beating loudly on the bottom of a tin pan with a spoon.
We can borrow some potatoes from Soapy Sam," said Rob, when some of the laughter at his expense had subsided.
Oh, I mean it, not a mother's son of you," yelled Soapy Sam.
Blinky, you ride on ahead and tell Soapy Sam to cook us up a fine feed.
One after another, they were scattered into tiny fragments, and Soapy Sam, on being requisitioned for more, threatened to evict the entire party from his premises.
