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The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.

A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia. Holland.

Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology. A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorius death and obedience of the incarnate…

Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

cipally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions.

(Golf) To scrape the ground with the sole of the club, before striking the ball, in making a stroke.

Making or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard.

To draw back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.

An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc.

The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.

having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. -- Screw pine (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus Pandanus, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from th…

Given to making objections; captious. [Obs.] Equality of two domestic powers Breed scrupulous faction. Shak.

To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating.

overnment, however, throws the expense of coinage, as is reasonable, upon the holders, by making a charge to cover the expense (which is done by giving back rather less in coin than has been received in bullion, and is called "levying a seigniorage"), the coin will rise to the extent of the seigniorage above the value…

Plaited straw or palm leaves for making hats.

he senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; sensible resistance. Air is sensible to the touch by its motion. Arbuthnot. The disgrace was more sensible than the pain. Sir W. Temple. Any very sensible effect upon…

The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing. [Obs.] Peacham.

A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes.

That which is sewed with the needle. Sewing horse (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed. -- Sewing machine, a machine for sewing or stitching. -- Sewing press, or Sewing table (Bookbinding), a fixture or table having a frame in which are held the cords to whi…