6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Salve  \Salve\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Salved};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Salving}.]  [AS.  sealfian  to  anoint.  See  {Salve},  n.] 
  1.  To  heal  by  applications  or  medicaments;  to  cure  by 
  remedial  treatment;  to  apply  salve  to  as  to  salve  a 
  wound.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  heal;  to  remedy;  to  cure;  to  make  good;  to  soothe,  as 
  with  an  ointment,  especially  by  some  device,  trick,  or 
  quibble;  to  gloss  over 
 
  But  Ebranck  salved  both  their  infamies  With  noble 
  deeds.  --Spenser. 
 
  What  may  we  do  then,  to  salve  this  seeming 
  inconsistence?  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Salve  \Sal"ve\,  interj.  [L.,  hail,  God  save  you  imperat.  of 
  salvere  to  be  well  Cf  {Salvo}  a  volley.] 
  Hail! 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Salve  \Salve\,  v.  t.  &  i.  [See  {Salvage}] 
  To  save,  as  a  ship  or  goods,  from  the  perils  of  the  sea. 
  [Recent] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Salve  \Sal"ve\  (?  or  ?),  v.  t. 
  To  say  ``Salve''  to  to  greet;  to  salute.  [Obs.] 
 
  By  this  that  stranger  knight  in  presence  came  And 
  goodly  salved  them  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Salve  \Salve\  (?;  277),  n.  [AS.  sealf  ointment;  akin  to  LG 
  salwe,  D.  zalve,  zalf,  OHG.  salba,  Dan.  salve,  Sw  salfva, 
  Goth.  salb[=o]n  to  anoint,  and  probably  to  Gr  Hesychius  ? 
  oil,  ?  butter,  Skr.  sarpis  clarified  butter.  [root]155,  291.] 
  1.  An  adhesive  composition  or  substance  to  be  applied  to 
  wounds  or  sores;  a  healing  ointment.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  A  soothing  remedy  or  antidote. 
 
  Counsel  or  consolation  we  may  bring  Salve  to  thy 
  sores.  --Milton. 
 
  {Salve  bug}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  large  stout  isopod  crustacean 
  ({[AE]ga  psora}),  parasitic  on  the  halibut  and  codfish,  -- 
  used  by  fishermen  in  the  preparation  of  a  salve.  It 
  becomes  about  two  inches  in  length. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  salve 
  n  1:  used  for  healing  or  soothing  [syn:  {ointment},  {unguent},  {balm}] 
  2:  anything  that  remedies  or  heals  or  soothes;  "he  needed  a 
  salve  for  his  conscience" 
  v  1:  save  from  ruin  or  destruction  [syn:  {salvage},  {relieve},  {save}] 
  2:  apply  a  salve  to 

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