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Webster 1913 Edition


Soya

Soy

(soi)
,

Soy′a

(soi′ȧ)
,
Noun.
[Chinese
shōyū
.]
1.
A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soybeans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.