Look up: salve

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   salve
   [n] - anything that remedies or heals or soothes 2. [v] - apply a salve to
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   Salve
   Sal've interj. [ Latin , hail, God save you, imperat. of salvere to be well. Confer Salvo a volley.] Hail!
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   Salve
   Sal've transitive verb To say ' Salve ' to; to greet; to salute. [ Obsolete] « By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them.» Spenser.
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   Salve
   Salve noun [ Anglo-Saxon sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe , Dutch zalve , zalf , Old High German salba , Danish salve , Swedish salfva , Goth. salbōn to anoint, and probably to Greek (Hesychius) ... oil, ... butter, Sanskrit sarpis clarified butter. √155, 291.] 1. An adhesive composition or substance to be appli ...
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   Salve
   Salve transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Salved ; present participle & verbal noun Salving .] [ Anglo-Saxon sealfian to anoint. See Salve , noun ] 1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound. Shak. ...
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   Salve
   Salve transitive verb & i. [ See Salvage ] To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [ Recent]
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   salve
   1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment. ... 2. A soothing remedy or antidote. 'Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores. ... <zoology>' (Milton) Salve bug, a large, stout isopod crustacean (aega psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, used by fishermen in the preparation ...
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   salve
   noun anything that remedies or heals or soothes; `he needed a salve for his conscience`
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   Salve
   `Salve` is a medical ointment used to soothe the head or other body surface. A popular eye medicine known as `Phrygian powder` was one of Laodicea's sources of wealth. The medical school at Laodicea was famous for the preparation and use of this eye salve. A `Drawing salve` is a salve used to treat boils, ingrown toenails, splinters, etc. It is also known as Black Ointment, or Icthyol Salve. The main ingredients are often ichthammol, phenyl alco...
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    salve
    (sav) ointment.
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    Salve
    • (v. t.) To say `Salve` to; to greet; to salute. • (n.) A soothing remedy or antidote. • (v. t. & i.) To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. • (interj.) Hail! • (n.) 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. &bul...
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