Hypertext Webster Gateway: "saline"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saline \Sa"line\ (? or ?; 277), a. [F. salin, fr. L. sal salt:
cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See {Salt}.]
1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline
particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saline \Sa"line\ (? or ?; 277), n. [Cf. F. saline. See {Saline},
a.]
A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the
earth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saline \Sal"ine\, n.
1. (Chem.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues
and other similar sources. [Written also {salin}.]
2. (Med. Chem.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium,
sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
saline
adj : containing salt; "a saline solution"; "salty tears" [syn: {salty}]
n : an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
[syn: {saline solution}]
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