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Salmonet (?), n. [Cf. Samlet.] (Zoöl.) A salmon of small size; a samlet.
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Salmonoid (?), a. [Salmon + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidæ, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon. -- n. Any fish of the family Salmonidæ.
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Salogen (?), n. [L. sal salt + -gen.] (Chem.) A halogen. [Obs.]
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Salol (?), n. [Salicylic + -ol.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate.
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salometer (?), n. See .
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Salometry (?), n. Salimetry.
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Salon (?), n. [F. See .] 1. An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
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2. An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the Coloq. Old Salon . Coloq. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists).
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Saloon (sȧl�n), n. [F. salon (cf. It. salone), fr. F. salle a large room, a hall, of German or Dutch origin; cf. OHG. sal house, hall, G. saal; akin to AS. sæl, sele, D. zaal, Icel. salr, Goth. saljan to dwell, and probably to L. solum ground. Cf. of the foot, ground, earth.] 1. A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.
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The gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls. Macaulay.
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2. Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.
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We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing saloons [at Athens.] J. P. Mahaffy.
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Saloop (sȧl�p), n. An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
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Coloq. Saloop bush (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Rhagodia hastata) of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder.
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Salp (sălp), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Salpa, or of the family Salpidæ.
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Salpa (sălpȧ), n.; pl. L. Salpæ (sălpē), E. Salpas (sălpȧz). [NL.: cf. L. salpa a kind of stockfish.] (Zoöl.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.
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☞ Each species exists in two distinct forms, one of which lives solitary, and produces, by budding from an internal organ, a series of the other kind. These are united together, side by side, so as to form a chain, or cluster, often of large size. Each of the individuals composing the chain carries a single egg, which develops into the solitary kind.
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{ Salpian (?), Salpid (?), } n. (Zoöl.) A salpa.
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Salpicon (?), n. [F. salpicon, Sp. salpicon.] Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce. Bacon.
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Salpingitis (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Med.) Inflammation of the salpinx.
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Salpinx (?), n. [NL., from Gr. �, �, a trumpet.] (Old Anat.) The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.
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Salsafy (?), n. (Bot.) See .
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Salsamentarious (?), a. [L. salsamentarius, fr. salsamentum brine, pickled fish, fr. salsus salted, p. p. of salire to salt.] Salt; salted; saline. [R.]
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Salse (?), n. [F.] A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.
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Salsify (?; 277), n. [F. salsifis.] (Bot.) See Oyster plant (a), under .
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Salso-acid (?), a. [L. salsus salted, salt + acidus acid.] Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid. [R.]
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Salsoda (?), n. See Sal soda, under .
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Salsola (?), n. [NL., fr. L. salsus salt, because they contain alkaline salts.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the glasswort. See .
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salsuginous (?), a. [L. salsugo, -ginis, saltness, from salsus salted, salt: cf. F. salsugineux.] (Bot.) Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.
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Salt (?), n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. �, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. , , , , , .] 1. 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.
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2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
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Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . . . we have some salt of our youth in us. Shak.
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3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
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4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
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I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver salts. Pepys.
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5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
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Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts. Hawthorne.
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6. (Chem.) 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.
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☞ Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking, it is the acid radical which unites with the base or basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or acid salts. See Phrases below.
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7. 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.
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Ye are the salt of the earth. Matt. v. 13.
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8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
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9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
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Coloq. Above the salt , Coloq. Below the salt , phrases which have survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank, of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long table, the places above which were assigned to the guests of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors, and poor relations. See .
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His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the salt. B. Jonson.
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-- Coloq. Acid salt (Chem.) (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as, acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt. (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is a neutral salt. -- Coloq. Alkaline salt (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline reaction, as sodium carbonate. -- Coloq. Amphid salt (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic oxide. [Obsolescent] -- Coloq. Basic salt (Chem.) (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent than is required to neutralize the acid. (b) An alkaline salt. -- Coloq. Binary salt (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical. -- Coloq. Double salt (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium sulphate. See under . -- Coloq. Epsom salts . See in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Essential salt (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by crystallizing plant juices. -- Coloq. Ethereal salt . (Chem.) See under . -- Coloq. Glauber's salt or Coloq. Glauber's salts . See in Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Haloid salt (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as sodium chloride. -- Coloq. Microcosmic salt . (Chem.). See under . -- Coloq. Neutral salt . (Chem.) (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory) neutralize each other. (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction. -- Coloq. Oxy salt (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid. -- Coloq. Per salt (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Permanent salt , a salt which undergoes no change on exposure to the air. -- Coloq. Proto salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or analogous compound. -- Coloq. Rochelle salt . See under . -- Coloq. Salt of amber (Old Chem.), succinic acid. -- Coloq. Salt of colcothar (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate of iron. -- Coloq. Salt of hartshorn . (Old Chem.) (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride. (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. Spirit of hartshorn, under . -- Coloq. Salt of lemons . (Chem.) See Salt of sorrel, below. -- Coloq. Salt of Saturn (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn. -- Coloq. Salt of Seignette . Same as . -- Coloq. Salt of soda (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate. -- Coloq. Salt of sorrel (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains; -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also sometimes inaccurately called salt of lemon. -- Coloq. Salt of tartar (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar, or potassium tartrate. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Salt of Venus (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate; -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus. -- Coloq. Salt of wisdom . See . -- Coloq. Sedative salt (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid. -- Coloq. Sesqui salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base or analogous compound. -- Coloq. Spirit of salt . (Chem.) See under . -- Coloq. Sulpho salt (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen.
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Salt (?), a. [Compar. Salter (?); superl. Saltest.] [AS. sealt, salt. See , n.] 1. 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 tears.” Chaucer.
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2. Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.
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3. Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.
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I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me. Shak.
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4. Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful. Shak.
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Coloq. Salt acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. -- Coloq. Salt block , an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. Knight. -- Coloq. Salt bottom , a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] Bartlett. -- Coloq. Salt cake (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. -- Coloq. Salt fish . (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. -- Coloq. Salt garden , an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. -- Coloq. Salt gauge , an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. -- Coloq. Salt horse , salted beef. [Slang] -- Coloq. Salt junk , hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] -- Coloq. Salt lick . See , n. -- Coloq. Salt marsh , grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. -- Coloq. Salt-marsh caterpillar (Zoöl.), an American bombycid moth (Spilosoma acræa which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also woolly bear. See Illust. under , , and Woolly bear, under . -- Coloq. Salt-marsh fleabane (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb (Pluchea camphorata) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. -- Coloq. Salt-marsh hen (Zoöl.), the clapper rail. See under . -- Coloq. Salt-marsh terrapin (Zoöl.), the diamond-back. -- Coloq. Salt mine , a mine where rock salt is obtained. -- Coloq. Salt pan . (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. -- Coloq. Salt pit , a pit where salt is obtained or made. -- Coloq. Salt rising , a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] -- Coloq. Salt raker , one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. -- Coloq. Salt sedative (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Salt spring , a spring of salt water. -- Coloq. Salt tree (Bot.), a small leguminous tree (Halimodendron argenteum) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. -- Coloq. Salt water , water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears.
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Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see;
And yet salt water blinds them not so much
But they can see a sort of traitors here. Shak.
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-- Coloq. Salt-water sailor , an ocean mariner. -- Coloq. Salt-water tailor . (Zoöl.) See .
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Salt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salted; p. pr. & vb. n. Salting.] 1. 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.
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2. To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
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Coloq. To salt a mine , to artfully deposit minerals in a mine in order to deceive purchasers regarding its value. [Cant] -- Coloq. To salt away , Coloq. To salt down , to prepare with, or pack in, salt for preserving, as meat, eggs, etc.; hence, colloquially, to save, lay up, or invest sagely, as money.
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Salt (?), v. i. To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.
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Salt (?), n. [L. saltus, fr. salire to leap.] The act of leaping or jumping; a leap. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Saltant (?), a. [L. saltans, p. pr. of saltare to dance, v. intens. fr. salire to leap: cf. F. sautant. See , v.] 1. Leaping; jumping; dancing.
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2. (Her.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.
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Saltarella (?), n. See .
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Saltarello (?), n. [It., fr. L. saltare to jump.] 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 .
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Saltate (?), v. i. [See .] To leap or dance. [R.]
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Saltation (?), n. [L. saltatio: cf. F. saltation.] 1. A leaping or jumping.
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Continued his saltation without pause. Sir W. Scott.
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2. Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.
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3. (Biol.) An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.
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We greatly suspect that nature does make considerable jumps in the way of variation now and then, and that these saltations give rise to some of the gaps which appear to exist in the series of known forms. Huxley.
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Saltatoria (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.
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Saltatorial (?), a. 1. Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) Same as . (b) Of or pertaining to the Saltatoria.
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Saltatorious (?), a. Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.
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Saltatory (?), a. [L. saltatorius. See , and cf. .] Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.
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Coloq. Saltatory evolution (Biol.), a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked variations. See . -- Coloq. Saltatory spasm (Med.), an affection in which pressure of the foot on a floor causes the patient to spring into the air, so as to make repeated involuntary motions of hopping and jumping. J. Ross.
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Saltbush (?), n. (Bot.) An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.
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Saltcat (?), n. A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons.
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Saltcellar (?), n. [OE. saltsaler; salt + F. salière saltcellar, from L. sal salt. See , and cf. .] Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.
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Salter (?), n. One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish.
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Saltern (?), n. A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.
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Saltfoot (?), n. A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
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Salt-green (?), a. Sea-green in color. Shak.
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Saltie (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European dab.
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Saltier (?), n. See .
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Saltigradæ (?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders; called also Salticidae.
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Saltigrade (?), a. [L. saltus a leap + gradi to walk, go: cf. F. saltigrade.] (Zoöl.) Having feet or legs formed for leaping.
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Saltigrade, n. (Zoöl.) One of the Saltigradæ, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.
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Saltimbanco (?), n. [It., literally, one who leaps or mounts upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco a bench.] A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also santinbanco.]
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Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. Sir T. Browne.
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Salting (?), n. 1. The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.
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2. A salt marsh.
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Saltire (?), n. [F. sautoir, fr. LL. saltatorium a sort of stirrup, fr. L. saltatorius saltatory. See , , v.] (Her.) A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.
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Saltirewise (?), adv. (Her.) 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.
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Saltish (?), a. Somewhat salt. -- Saltishly, adv. -- Saltishness, n.
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Saltless, a. Destitute of salt; insipid.
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Saltly, adv. With taste of salt; in a salt manner.
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Saltmouth (?), n. A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts.
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