SALVE
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‖Sal"ve (?), interj. [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of salvere to be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.] Hail!
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Sal"ve (? or ?), v. t. To say “Salve” to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.]
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By this that stranger knight in presence came,
And goodly salved them.
Spenser.
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Salve (?; 277), n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva, Goth. salb&ō;n to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) &unr_; oil, &unr_; butter, Skr. sarpis clarified butter. √155, 291.] 1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment. Chaucer.
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2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
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Counsel or consolation we may bring.
Salve to thy sores.
Milton.
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Salve bug (Zo&ö;l.), a large, stout isopod crustacean (Æga psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.
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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.
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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.
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But Ebranck salved both their infamies
With noble deeds.
Spenser.
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What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence?
Milton.
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Salve (?), v. t. & i. [See Salvage] To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [Recent]
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