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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Salute

Sa-lūte', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SALUTED; p. pr. & vb. n. SALUTING.] [Lat. salutare, from salus, health, safety; It. salutare, Sp. & Pr. saludar, Pg. saudar, Fr. saluer. See SALUBRIOUS.]

Sense 1. To address with expressions of kind wishes; to greet; to hail.

I salute you with this royal title. Shak.

Sense 2. Hence, to greet with a kiss; to greet with a wave of the hand.

Sense 3. (Mil. & Naval.) To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by striking colors, by shouts, &c.

Sense 4. To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify. [Obs. and rare.] “If this salute my blood a jot.” Shak.

Sa-lūte', n.

noun

n. [Fr. & Pr. salut, Sp. saludo, It. saluto. See supra.]

  1. The act of saluting or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.
  2. A kiss.
  3. (Mil.) A discharge of cannon or small arms in honor of some distinguished personage, or on the anniversary of some festival;—sometimes also performed by lowering the colors or beating the drums.
  4. (Naval.) A testimony of respect or deference to the rank of a person, or on the anniversary of some festival; rendered also by the vessels of one nation to those of another, or to foreign ports, expressed by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, striking the colors or top-sails, or by shouts of the seamen mounted on the masts or rigging.