3 entries under this word
(sāv) (Synop., § 130), n. [A.-S. sealf, L. Ger. salve, D. zalve, zalf, Dan. salve, Sw. salva, salfva, O. H. Ger. salba, N. H. Ger. salbe, Goth. salbons.]
(sāv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. SALVED; p. pr. & vb. n. SALVING.] [A-S. sealʃian, O. Sax. & Goth. salbon, O. Fries. salva, L. Ger. salven, D. zalven, Dan. salve, O. H. Ger. salbôn, N. H. Ger. salben.]
Sense 1. To save; to restore to soundness; to remedy; to mend; to cure; to make good, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over. [Obs.]
But Ebrank salved both their infamies With noble deeds. Spencer.
What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistency? Milton.
Sense 2. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to. “May salve the long green wound.” Shak.
[Lat., hail, God save you! imperative of salvere, to be well.] To say Salve to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.]
By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them. Spencer.