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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Salt, n. p. 1166The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning certain kinds of food, and for the preservation of meat, &c. It is found native in the earth, or it is produced, by evaporation and…Salt, a. p. 1166Furnished or impregnated with, abounding in, or containing salt; prepared with, or tasting of, salt; as, salt beef; salt water. 2. Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt…Salt, v. t. p. 1166To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork. 2. To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.Salt, v. i. p. 1166To deposit salt, as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.Sălt, n. p. 1166The act of leaping or jumping; a leap. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Săl'tant, a. p. 1166Leaping; jumping; dancing. 2. [Her.] In a leaping position; springing forward;—applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, rat, and also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, &c.Săl'ta-rĕl'lo, n. p. 1166(Mus.) A certain Neapolitan dance.Săl'tāte, v. i. p. 1166To leap or dance. [R.]Sal-tā'tion, n. p. 1166A leaping or jumping. “Continued his saltations without pause or intermission.” W. Scott. 2. Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.Săl'ta-tō'ri-al, a. p. 1166Relating or pertaining to leaping; as, a saltatorial modification of the limbs; saltatorial exercises. 2. Having the power of leaping; as, saltatorial animals. Dana.Săl'ta-tō'ri-oŭs, a. p. 1166Saltatory; leaping; jumping.Săl'ta-to-ry, a. p. 1166Leaping or dancing; or having the power of leaping or dancing; used in leaping or dancing.Salt'-cāke, n. p. 1166Sulphate of soda, as prepared for the use of glass-manufacturers and soap-makers.Salt'-căt, n. p. 1166A lump of salt, made at the salt-works, which attracts pigeons. Mortimer.Salt'-cĕl'lar, n. p. 1166A small vessel used for holding salt on the table; a salt. Swift.Salt'er, n. p. 1166One who salts; one who gives or applies salt. 2. A dealer in, or a maker or seller of, salt.Salt'ern, n. p. 1166A salt-work; a building in which salt is made by boiling or evaporation.Salt'-fish, n. p. 1166A fish that has been salted. 2. A fish from salt water.Salt'-fo͝ot, n. p. 1166A large salt-cellar formerly placed near the middle of a long table, to mark the place of division between the superior and inferior guests, the former being seated above, the latter below it.Salt'-gāuge, n. p. 1166An instrument used to test the strength of brine or salt-water.Salt'-green, a. p. 1166Green like the salt sea. Shak.Săl'tiēr, n. p. 1166(Her.) A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X; one of the nine greater or honorable ordinaries. 2. One who leaps or dances.Săl'tiēr-wise, adv. p. 1166In the manner of a saltier;— said especially of the emblazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and bend sinister, and crossing at the center.Săl'ti-grāde, a. p. 1166(Zoöl.) Having feet or legs formed for leaping.Săl'ti-grāde, n. p. 1166(Zoöl.) One of a family of spiders which leap to seize their prey.Săl'tim-băn'co, n. p. 1166A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also santinbanco.] Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans deceive them in lower degrees. Browne.Salt'ing, n. p. 1166The act of sprinkling or impregnating with salt. 2. A marsh subject to be overflowed with salt water; a salt-marsh.Săl'tīre, n. p. 1166The same as SALTIER.Salt'ish, a. p. 1166Tinctured or impregnated moderately with salt; somewhat salt.Salt'ish-ly, adv. p. 1166So as to be moderately salt.Salt'ish-ness, n. p. 1166A moderate degree of saltness.Salt'-jŭnk, n. p. 1166Hard salt beef for use at sea.Salt'less, a. p. 1166Destitute of salt; insipid.Salt'-lĭck, n. p. 1166See LICK, n.Salt'ly, adv. p. 1166With taste of salt; in a salt manner.Salt'-märsh, n. p. 1166Grass-land subject to the overflow of salt or sea-water.Salt'-mīne, n. p. 1166A mine where rock-salt is obtained.Salt'ness, n. p. 1166The quality of being salt, or impregnated with salt; as, the saltness of sea-water. 2. Taste of salt.Salt'-păn, n. p. 1166A pan or basin where salt is obtained or made; a salt-pit.Salt'-pĕr'late, n. p. 1166Phosphate of soda. [Obs.]Salt-pē'ter or Salt-pē'tre, n. p. 1166(Chem.) A salt consisting of nitric acid and potassa; nitrate of potassa;—called also niter. ☞ The name is also often applied to substances analogous in composition to nitrate of potassa, but…Salt-pē'troŭs, a. p. 1166Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter.Salt'-pĭt, n. p. 1166A pit where salt is obtained or made.Salt'-răd'ic-al, n. p. 1166(Chem.) A substance, simple or compound, capable of forming a salt with a metal, or with some compound body, as ammonium, which may take the place of a metal;—so called in reference to the binary…Salt'-rāk'er, n. p. 1166A collector of salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. Simmonds.Salt'-rheum, n. p. 1166(Med.) A kind of herpes, or skin disease;—a vague and indefinite popular name, applied to almost all the non-febrile cutaneous eruptions which are common among adults, except ringworm and itch.Salt'-sĕd'a-tive, n. p. 1167(Chem.) Boracic acid. [Obs.]Salt'-spring, n. p. 1167A spring of salt water.Salt'-wa'ter, n. p. 1167Water impregnated with salt; sea-water.Salt'-work, n. p. 1167A house or place where salt is made; a saltern.Salt'-wort, n. p. 1167(Bot.) A certain plant;—a name applied to most of the numerous species of Salsola, especially to S. kali, and also to some species of Salicornia and Glaux. They are chiefly found on the sea-shore and…Salt'y, a. p. 1167Somewhat salt; saltish.Sa-lū'bri-oŭs, a. p. 1167Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air or water; a salubrious climate. Syn.—Healthful; wholesome; healthy; salutary.Sa-lū'bri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 1167In a salubrious manner; so as to promote health. Burke.Sa-lū'bri-oŭs-ness or Sa-lū'bri-ty, n. p. 1167The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of air, of a country, or climate.Săl'ū-ta-ri-ly, adv. p. 1167In a salutary manner; favorably to health.Săl'ū-ta-ri-ness, n. p. 1167The quality of contributing to health, or being salutary; wholesomeness. 2. The quality of promoting good or prosperity.Săl'ū-ta-ry, a. p. 1167Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise. 2. Promotive of public safety; contributing to some beneficial purpose; as, a salutary design. Syn.—Wholesome; healthful; salubrious…Săl'ū-tā'tion, n. p. 1167The act of saluting or paying respect or reverence by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting; also, that which is uttered in saluting or greeting. In all public meetings and private…Sa-lū'ta-tō'ri-an, n. p. 1167The student of a college who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises. [U. S.]