Hypertext Webster Gateway: "salve"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Salve \Sal"ve\, interj. [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of
salvere to be well. Cf. {Salvo} a volley.]
Hail!
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Salve \Salve\, v. t. & i. [See {Salvage}]
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
salve
n 1: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine)
applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an
irritation [syn: {ointment}, {unction}, {unguent}, {balm}]
2: anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a
salve for his conscience"
v 1: save from ruin or destruction [syn: {salvage}, {relieve}, {save}]
2: apply a salve to
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