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soife
[Local var. of swarf n.]
(See quots.)
1866J. Chamberlain in Birmingham & Midl. Hardware Distr. 608 The ‘soife’, or iron cuttings from the nicks and threads of the screws, average about four tons per day. Ibid., This ‘soife’ is bought up and melted down with other iron. |