n. A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter. [ 1913 Webster ]