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Definition of Salves
Salve 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.
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.
But Ebranck salved both their infamies With noble
deeds. --Spenser.
What may we do, then, to salve this seeming
inconsistence? --Milton.
Salve Salve Sal"ve, interj. [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of
salvere to be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.]
Hail!
Salve Salve Salve, v. t. & i. [See Salvage]
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
[Recent]
Salve Salve Sal"ve (? or ?), v. t.
To say ``Salve' to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.]
By this that stranger knight in presence came, And
goodly salved them. --Spenser.
Salve 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.
2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy
sores. --Milton.
Salve bug (Zo["o]l.), a large, stout isopod crustacean
([AE]ga psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, --
used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It
becomes about two inches in length.
