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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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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.]Sa-lū'ta-to-ri-ly, adv. p. 1167By way of salutation.Sa-lū'ta-to-ry, a. p. 1167Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting;—applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements or similar public exhibitions in American…Sa-lū'ta-to-ry, n. p. 1167A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch. [Obs.] Milton. 2. (American Colleges.) The salutatory oration.Sa-lūte', v. t. p. 1167To address with expressions of kind wishes; to greet; to hail. I salute you with this royal title. Shak. 2. Hence, to greet with a kiss; to greet with a wave of the hand. 3. (Mil. & Naval.) To honor…Sa-lūte', n. p. 1167The 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…Sa-lū'ter, n. p. 1167One who salutes.Săl/ū-tĭf’er-ōŭs, a. p. 1167Bringing health; healthy; as, salutiferous air. [Rare.] Syn. — Healthful; healthy; salutary; salubrious.Săl/ū-tif'er-ous-ly, adv. p. 1167In a salutiferous manner; salutarily. [Rare.]Săl'va-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1167The condition or quality of being salvable. [Rare.]Säl'va-ble, a. p. 1167Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation; as, a salvable state. [Rare.]Săl'va-ble-ness, n. p. 1167State of being salvable. [Rare.]Sāl'va-bly, adv. p. 1167In a salvable manner. [Rare.]Sāl'va'ge, n. p. 1167(Admiralty & Law Merchant.) (a.) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril. (b.) That part of the property that survived the peril and is…Săl'va'ge, a. & n. p. 1167The same as SAVAGE. [Obs.] See SAVAGE.Săl'va-tĕl'lă, n. p. 1167(Anat.) A vein situated upon the back of the hand near its inner margin;—so called because it was customarily opened, among the ancients, in certain diseases, as melancholic and hypochondriacal…Sal-vā'tion, n. p. 1167The act of saving; preservation from destruction, danger, or great calamity. 2. (Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him…Sāl'va-to-ry, n. p. 1167A place where things are preserved; a repository. [Rare.] Hale.Sālve, n. p. 1167Help; remedy; antidote. [Rare.] Hammond. 2. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores. “Salve to thy sores.” Milton.Sälve, v. t. p. 1167To 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…Sāl've, interj. p. 1167To say Salve to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.] By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them. Spencer.Sälv'er, n. p. 1167One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quack. [Obs.]Săl'ver, n. p. 1167A plate or waiter on which any thing is presented.Säl'ver-shāped, a. p. 1167(Bot.) Tubular, with a flat border spreading at right angles to the tube; — said of the corolla, calyx, or other organ of a plant. Gray.Sāl'vi-ā, n. p. 1167(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the common sage. Gray.Sal-vĭf'ic, a. p. 1167Tending to save or secure safety. [Obs.]Săl'vō, n. p. 1167An exception; reservation; an excuse. They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. K. Charles. 2. (Mil.) A general discharge of fire-arms not intended for a salute; a volley. “Bursting their…Sāl'vor, n. p. 1167(Law.) One who saves a ship or goods at sea. Wheaton.Sa-mā'ra, n. p. 1167(Bot.) A dry, compound, winged fruit, indehiscent, and having few seeds, as in the ash, maple, and elm.Sām'â're, n. p. 1167See SIMARRE.Sa-mār'i-tan, a. p. 1167(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Samaria, the principal city of the ten tribes of Israel.Sa-mār'i-tan, n. p. 1167(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Samaria. 2. The language of Samaria, a dialect of the Chaldean.Sām'a-roid, a. p. 1167(Bot.) Resembling a samara, or winged seed-vessel. Gray.Sa-mär'rā, n. p. 1167See SIMARRE.Săm'bo, n. p. 1167The offspring of a black person and a mulatto; — hence, humorously or in contempt, a negro.Sām'būke, n. p. 1167An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown.Sāme, a. p. 1167Not different or other; identical. Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. Ps. cii. 27. 2. Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like: not differing in character or in the…Sāme, adv. p. 1167Together. [Obs.] Spenser.Sāme'ness, n. p. 1167The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like. “A sameness of…Sa-mĕs'ter or Sa-mĕs'tre, n. p. 1167A variety of coral. Simmonds.Sa-mētte', n. p. 1167A kind of silk or satin stuff; samite. [Obs.]Sā′mi-an, a. p. 1167(Geog.) Pertaining or belonging to the island of Samos. Fill high the cup with Samian wine. Byron. Samian earth, a species of clay from Samos, formerly used in medicine as an astringent.Sā'mi-an, n. p. 1167(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Samos.Sā'mi-el, n. p. 1167A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Arabia and the adjacent countries, from the desert; the simoom.Sā'mi-ot, a. p. 1167(Geog.) Of or pertaining to Samos or its inhabitants.Sā'mi-ot, n. p. 1167(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Samos.Sā'mi-ōte, n. p. 1167(Geog.) The same as SAMIOT.Sā'mite, n. p. 1167A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally adorned with gold. An arm Rose up from out the bosom of the lake, Clothed in white samite. Tennyson.Sām'let, n. p. 1167A little salmon; a salmonet. Walton.Sa-mō'ieds or Sa-mō'yeds, n. pl. p. 1167(Geog.) Three tribes inhabiting a portion of the shores of the Arctic Ocean.Săm'p, n. p. 1167An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and often eaten with milk; — a dish borrowed from the aborigines of America.Săm'pan, n. p. 1167(Naut.) A Chinese boat from 12 to 15 feet long, sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the Canton River. [Written also sampan.]Săm'phīre, n. p. 1167(Bot.) A glabrous, fleshy, suffruticose herb, of which Crithmum maritimum is the principal English species. It grows on rocks near the sea-shore, where it is washed by the salt water; its leaves are…Sām'ple, n. p. 1167A part of any thing presented for inspection, or intended to be shown, as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased in market by samples. I design this as a…