castile

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He started making peppermint castile soap in his Pershing Square tenement in 1948.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

Since the 10th Century, zaitoun — olive — has been transformed into these creamy bricks of castile soap.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2023

I rubbed castile soap into my hair, under my arms, between my toes.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Rub a little on the skin wherever the disease appears, and continue daily for a week, then wash off with castile soap and warm water.

From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.

With our tea we get some excellent sponge cake called "casutira," a corruption of the Spanish word "castile," said to be, until very recently, the only word of European etymology in the language.

From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by Smith, J. J.