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salve |
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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