Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Salter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Salt \Salt\, a. [Compar. {Salter}; superl. {Saltest}.] [AS.
sealt, salt. See {Salt}, n.]
1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt;
prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted;
as, salt beef; salt water. ``Salt tears.'' --Chaucer.
2. Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt
marsh; salt grass.
3. Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.
I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me. --Shak.
4. Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Salter \Salt"er\, n.
One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or
fish.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
salter
n 1: someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish of other
foods
2: someone who makes or deals in salt [syn: {salt merchant}]
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