Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Salination

Sal′i‐na″tion (?), n. The act of washing with salt water. Greenhill.

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Saline

Sa″line (? or?; 277), a. [F. salin, fr. L. sal salt: cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See Salt.] 1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; s...

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Saline (2)

Sa″line (? or?; 277), n. [Cf. F. saline. See Saline, a.] A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

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Saline (3)

Sal″ine (?), n. 1. (Chem.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. [Written also salin.]2. (Med. Chem.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potas...

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Salineness

Sa‐line″ness (?), n. The quality or state of being salt; saltness.

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Saliniferous

Sal′i‐nif″er‐ous (?), a. [Saline + -ferous.] Same as Saliferous.

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Saliniform

Sa‐lin″i‐form (?), a. Having the form or the qualities of a salt, especially of common salt.

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Salinity

Sa‐lin″i‐ty (?), n. Salineness. Carpenter.

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Salinometer

Sal′i‐nom″e‐ter (?), n. [Saline + -meter.] A salimeter.

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Salinous

Sa‐lin″ous (?), a. Saline.

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Salique

Sal″ique (? or?), a. Salic. Shak.She fulmined out her scorn of laws salique. Tennyson.

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Saliretin

Sal′i‐re″tin (?), n. [Saligenin + Gr. � resin.] (Chem.) A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin.

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Salisburia

‖Sal′is‐bu″ri‐a (?), n. [Named after R. A. Salisbury, an English botanist.] (Bot.) The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia).

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Salite

Sal″ite (?), v. t. [L. salitus, p. p. of salire to salt, fr. sal salt.] To season with salt; to salt.

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Salite (2)

Sa″lite (?), n. [So called from Sala, a town in Sweden.] (Min.) A massive lamellar variety of pyroxene, of a dingy green color. [Written also sahlite.]

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Saliva

Sa‐li″va (?), n.(Physiol.) The secretion from the salivary glands.☞ In man the saliva is a more or less turbid and slighty viscid fluid, generally of an alkaline reaction, and i...

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Salival

Sa‐li″val (?; 277), a. Salivary.

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Salivant

Sal″i‐vant (?), a. [L. salivans, p. pr. of salivare. See Salivate.] Producing salivation.

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Salivant (2)

Sal″i‐vant, n. That which produces salivation.

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Salivary

Sal″i‐va‐ry (?), a. [L. salivarius slimy, clammy: cf. F. salivaire.] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary ...

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Salivate

Sal″i‐vate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Salivated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Salivating.] [L. salivatus, p. p. of salivare to salivate. See Saliva.] To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in...

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Salivation

Sal′i‐va″tion (?), n. [L. salivatio: cf. F. salivation.] (Physiol.) The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mo...

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Salivous

Sa‐li″vous (?), a. [L. salivosus: cf. F. saliveux.] Pertaining to saliva; of the nature of saliva.

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Salix

‖Sa″lix (?), n.; pl.Salices (#). (Bot.) (a) A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds. (b) A tree or shrub of any kind...

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Sallenders

Sal″len‐ders (?), n. pl. [F. solandres, solandre.] (Far.) An eruption on the hind leg of a horse. [Written also sellanders, and sellenders.]On the inside of the hock, or a littl...

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Sallet

Sal″let (săl″lĕt), n. [F. salade, Sp. celada, or It. celata, fr. L. (cassis) caelata, fr. caelare, caelatum, to engrave in relief. So called from the figures engraved upon it.] ...

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Sallet (2)

{ Sal″let, Sal″let‐ing }, n. Salad. Shak.