saponify oils and fats.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

To saponify for instance 5 Kg of peanut oil, you need.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

But to simplify the operation, he preferred to saponify the fat by means of lime.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mysterious Island] Reference

It does not readily saponify, separates quickly, and it is almost impossible to unite when separated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882] Reference

This oil closely resembles cocoa-nut and palm-nut oils and is stated to saponify readily and yield a soap free from odour.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference

The quantity of potassic hydrate required to saponify one gramme or 15 grains of pure beeswax varies from 97 to 107 milligrammes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884] Reference

The first three fats are very easy to saponify even at cold, while the saponification of pork fat as such requires some cleverness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

Tw. (10° to 12° B.), but cocoa-nut oil alone would not saponify unless the lye was more concentrated, 33° to 42° Tw. (20° to 25° B.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference

I didn't and ended up with unsaponified PKO lumps throughout my bars ... and since the PKO didn't saponify, the rest of the bar was lye heavy.    From Wordnik.com.  [FLOAP soap] Reference

Table I. I.dine number and saponification values, I.S Fac of principal fats used in soap making in tropical zone; weight of caustic soda to saponify 1 kg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

Cotton-seed oil requires weak lyes for saponification, and, being difficult to saponify alone even with prolonged boiling, is generally mixed with animal fat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference

It is used for cleansing the hair, for which purpose a handful is put to soak in a basin of water overnight, and the next morning it will saponify when rubbed between the hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

Some suggest mixing the rosin and soda ash (or only a portion of the soda ash) prior to dissolving in water; others saponify in a boiler connected with a trap which returns the resinate to the pan and allows the carbonic-acid gas to escape or to be collected.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference

Potash not only is a more expensive alkali, but its combining equivalent is greatly against it as compared with soda; that is to say, that thirty-one parts of actual or anhydrous soda will saponify as much tallow or oil as forty-seven parts of anhydrous potash.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881] Reference

These materials include organic coconut, palm, olive and mint oils, and they collectively constitute over 95% by weight of our agricultural volume - everything except water and the alkali needed to saponify our soaps.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

It is advisable to saponify a little fat with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference