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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1670
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(Sape-making,) Sopmaking, vbl. n. [e.m.E. sope-making (1603).] Soap-making. — 1670 Edinb. B. Rec. X 79.
[An] act of parliament in favour of those that used the manufactorie of sopmaking in Scotland
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