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Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities;
originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England,
whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia. |
| Salt |
n. |
The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles. |
| Salt |
n. |
Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning. |
| Salt |
n. |
Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt. |
| Salt |
n. |
A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar. |
| Salt |
n. |
A sailor;
usually qualified by old. |
| Salt |
n. |
The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol. |
| Salt |
n. |
Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt. |
| Salt |
n. |
Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt. |
| Salt |
n. |
Marshes flooded by the tide. |
| Salt |
n. |
Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. |
| Salt |
n. |
Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass. |
| Salt |
n. |
Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent. |
| Salt |
n. |
Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful. |
| Salt |
v. t. |
To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle. |
| Salt |
v. t. |
To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber. |
| Salt |
v. i. |
To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt. |
| Salt |
n. |
The act of leaping or jumping; a leap. |
| Salt rheum |
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A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema. |
| Salt-green |
a. |
Sea-green in color. |
| Saltant |
v. |
Leaping; jumping; dancing. |
| Saltant |
v. |
In a leaping position; springing forward;
applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc. |
| Saltarella |
n. |
See Saltarello. |
| Saltarello |
n. |
A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella. |
| Saltate |
v. i. |
To leap or dance. |
| Saltation |
n. |
A leaping or jumping. |
| Saltation |
n. |
Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery. |
| Saltation |
n. |
An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races. |
| Saltatoria |
n. pl. |
A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets. |
| Saltatorial |
a. |
Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises. |
| Saltatorial |
a. |
Same as Saltatorious. |
| Saltatorial |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the Saltatoria. |
| Saltatorious |
a. |
Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg. |
| Saltatory |
a. |
Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing. |
| Saltbush |
n. |
An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family. |
| Saltcat |
n. |
A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons. |
| Saltcellar |
n. |
Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table. |
| Salted |
imp. & p. p. |
of Salt |
| Salter |
n. |
One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish. |
| Saltern |
n. |
A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works. |
| Saltfoot |
n. |
A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot. |
| Saltier |
n. |
See Saltire. |
| Saltigradae |
n. pl. |
A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders. |
| Saltigrade |
a. |
Having feet or legs formed for leaping. |
| Saltigrade |
n. |
One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey. |
| Saltimbanco |
n. |
A mountebank; a quack. |
| Salting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Salt |
| Salting |
n. |
The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt. |
| Salting |
n. |
A salt marsh. |
| Saltire |
v. |
A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X,
one of the honorable ordinaries. |
| Saltirewise |
adv. |
In the manner of a saltire;
said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center. |
| Saltish |
a. |
Somewhat salt. |
| Saltle |
n. |
The European dab. |
| Saltless |
a. |
Destitute of salt; insipid. |
| Saltly |
adv. |
With taste of salt; in a salt manner. |
| Saltmouth |
n. |
A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts. |
| Saltness |
n. |
The quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water. |
| Saltpeter |
n. |
Alt. of Saltpetre |
| Saltpetre |
n. |
Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant. |
| Saltpetrous |
a. |
Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter. |
| Saltwort |
n. |
A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort. |
| Salty |
a. |
Somewhat salt; saltish. |
