King James Bible
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Fullers soap
"(Heb. borith mekabbeshim, i.e., "alkali of those treading" "cloth"). Mention is made (Prov. 25:20; Jer. 2:22) of nitre and" also (Mal. 3:2) of soap (Heb. borith) used by the fuller in his "operations. Nitre is found in Syria, and vegetable alkali was" obtained from the ashes of certain plants. (See [224]SOAP.)