And the use of the soapstone is a really nice choice for an alternative to plastic. From Wordnik.com. [VOTE NOW & Judge Student Eco Design Competition! | Inhabitat] Reference
This rock is miscalled soapstone, which it resembles in some of its properties and uses. From Wordnik.com. [A Guide to Capitalists and Emigrants: Being a Statistical and Descriptive Account of the Several Counties of the State of North Carolina, United States of America; Together with Letters of Prominent Citizens of the State in Relation to the Soil, Climate, Productions, Minerals, &C., and an Account of the Swamp Lands of the State] Reference
It is a shallow crescent-shaped vessel of potstone, or what is called soapstone from its soapy feel. From Wordnik.com. [Peter the Whaler] Reference
Chinese "soapstone" carvings are carved from fine-grained pyrophyllite. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
Forget that the soapstone top took ten men to move. From Wordnik.com. [Kathryn Ireland: How I Decorate] Reference
Solid forms of talc are known as steatite or soapstone. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
Joe Fornabaio Smooth bowls made of hand-etched soapstone. From Wordnik.com. [Off to the Market in Kenya's Capital] Reference
On the mantlepiece were white lustres, and a small soapstone. From Wordnik.com. [The Trespasser] Reference
"Here is the stone the Inuit uses for pots -- what you call soapstone.". From Wordnik.com. [Adrift in the Ice-Fields] Reference
Chinese “soapstone” carvings are carved from fine-grained pyrophyllite. From Wordnik.com. [Talc] Reference
Rapp backed up against the black soapstone counter and placed his hands on the edge. From Wordnik.com. [Act of Treason]
The soapstone tub is the next best; it is clean, nonabsorbent, and not too expensive. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
Water-wheels are seated in bearings of bronze or on bearing-blocks made of soapstone. From Wordnik.com. [19.1 Bicycle drive pedal drive] Reference
His suit was stained with soapstone powder and his right trouser leg smeared with red paint. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Hawker]
Limestone, soapstone, and marble countertops do not pose a radon concern, according to Kitto. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Radon] Reference
I used to make toy rifles and pistols and all sorts of nice playthings out of that soapstone. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4] Reference
Mag presented her with a cake of soapstone; it smelled of her natural attar of roses fragrance. From Wordnik.com. [Question Quest]
Before the days of furnaces, blocks of soapstone were heated on stoves and used as bed warmers. From Wordnik.com. [Talc] Reference
A paper bag filled with powdered soapstone had flown into the alley and exploded on the pavement. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Hawker]
Kenyan soapstone carvers turn tradition on its head while turning their talents to "The Simpsons.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2007] Reference
Sometimes they are polished with soapstone and sand, till they shine within like silver punchbowls. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
Tell him to rub your arm evry night before you go to bed, Grandma, and to have a hot soapstone for you. From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
The pads of his feet trod cool moss bank side, then, crouching, his toes grip new purpose and soapstone. From Wordnik.com. [Butler Creek] Reference
Of substances that will answer, I will mention: wood, porcelain, soapstone, vulcanized rubber, or glass. From Wordnik.com. [The Electric Bath] Reference
I remember how I used to take care of her, and put a soapstone in the small of her back when she was cold. From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
But the older — the Tall Kumarima, as I thought of her — left a small soapstone box on my bridal divan. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
In a great pan of soapstone was a line of moss, which absorbed the walrus fat, and served as a wick for the lamp. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
I shaped two pieces of soapstone to look like round millstones and set me up a little mill that worked just fine. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4] Reference
For toys they had crude carvings of soapstone -- tiny soapstone lamps and pots with which they made pitiful mimicry of cooking. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Maiden] Reference
Pistons and glands are packed with soapstone, or other self-lubricating packing; and no oil is required except for bearings, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886] Reference
Mela decided that this was better than fresh water, so they had a bath in it, using a cake of carved soapstone they found nearby. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Her Panties]
Such utensils are made of numerous materials, but the most satisfactory ones are constructed of steel, iron, soapstone, and aluminum. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads] Reference
In mineralogy there is a scale fixed for comparison, from 1 to 10, 10 being the hardest, the diamond, and Number 1 the soft soapstone. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882] Reference
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