"Salt" is a word in ENGLISH

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

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 ENGLISH

Definition:

A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

A sailor; -- usually qualified by old.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

Marshes flooded by the tide.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

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 ENGLISH

Definition:

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 ENGLISH

Definition:

To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins
to salt.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

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 ENGLISH

Definition:

Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh;
salt grass.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

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 ENGLISH

Definition:

To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a
ship, for the preservation of the timber.

salt ENGLISH

Definition:

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 ENGLISH

Definition:

Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially
Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.

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