salv

a. [ L. salvare to save, from salvus safe. Cf. Savable. ] Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sal"va*ble*ness, n. -- Sal"va*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Savage. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. salvage, OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See Save. ] 1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

Salvage of life from a British ship, or a foreign ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of goods. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Maritime Law) (a) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril. (b) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved. Kent. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F. salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See Save. ] 1. The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

To earn salvation for the sons of men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 2. Cor. vii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Saving power; that which saves. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day. Ex. xiv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

Salvation Army, an organization for prosecuting the work of Christian evangelization, especially among the degraded populations of cities. It is virtually a new sect founded in London in 1861 by William Booth. The evangelists, male and female, have military titles according to rank, that of the chief being “General.” They wear a uniform, and in their phraseology and mode of work adopt a quasi military style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. salvatorium, fr. salvare to save. ] A place where things are preserved; a repository. [ R. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

But Ebranck salved both their infamies
With noble deeds. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva, Goth. salbōn 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A soothing remedy or antidote. [ 1913 Webster ]

Counsel or consolation we may bring.
Salve to thy sores. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]