From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Salve \Salve\, v. t. & i. [See {Salvage}]
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Salve \Sal"ve\, interj. [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of
salvere to be well. Cf. {Salvo} a volley.]
Hail!
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Salve \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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} (Zool.), a large, stout isopod crustacean ({Aega
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salve
n 1: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine)
applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an
irritation [syn: {ointment}, {unction}, {unguent}, {balm},
{salve}]
2: anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a
salve for his conscience"
v 1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: {salvage},
{salve}, {relieve}, {save}]
2: apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Salve /zalvə/
fusillade; salvo; volley
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