► SALMAGUNDY n. ─ a cook → 18C colloq
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► SAL MARINE n. ─ common salt → 1670 obs.
► SALMON n. 1. ─ a corpse fished from a river (esp. the Thames) → M19 cant
► SALMON n. 2. ─ a ticket tout → 1932 UK rhyming sl. (salmon and trout)
► SALMON n. 3. ─ gout → 1932 UK rhyming sl. (salmon and trout)
► SALMON n. 4. ─ stout → 1960 UK rhyming sl. (salmon and trout)
► SALMON n. 5. ─ the nose → 1974 UK rhyming sl. for ‘snout’ (salmon and trout)
► SALMON n. 6. ─ tobacco; a cigarette → 1974 UK rhyming sl. for snout (salmon and trout)
► SALMON n. 7. ─ the anus → 1980s Aust. sl.
► SALMON n. 8. ─ a $20 note → 1983 Aust. sl.
► SALMON n. 9. ─ an informer → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘snout’ (salmon and trout)
► SALMON AND TROUT n. 1. ─ the mouth → 1859 rhyming sl.
► SALMON AND TROUT n. 2. ─ the nose → 1910s rhyming sl. for ‘snout’
► SALMON AND TROUT n. 3. ─ a tout, usually a bookmaker’s tout → 1932 rhyming sl.
► SALMON AND TROUT n. 4. ─ gout → 1932 rhyming sl.
► SALMON AND TROUT n. 5. ─ stout beer → 1950s rhyming sl.
► SALMON AND TROUT n. 6. ─ tobacco; a cigarette → 1974 UK rhyming sl. for snout, esp. prison usage
► SALMON AND TROUT n. 7. ─ an informer → 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘snout’
► SALMON ARM SALUTE n. ─ a derisive gesture based on clenching the fist and raising the middle finger → 1970s Can. sl.
► SALMON BELLY n. ─ a high-denomination bill → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► SALMON CANYON n. ─ the female genitals → 1990s sl.
► SALMON-CRUNCHER n. ─ an American Indian → 1965 Amer. dial., derogatory
► SALMON-EATER n. ─ a person from the Pacific Northwest → 1947 Amer. dial.
► SALMON-GUNDY n. ─ a cook → L18 colloq.
► SALMON-SNATCHER n. ─ a Catholic → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SALMON-TOT RETRIEVER n. ─ a mongrel, kept as a watch-dog and allowed to forage for its food → 20C W. Indies sl.
► SALMON TROUT n. 1. ─ the mouth → 1859 rhyming sl.
► SALMON TROUT n. 2. ─ the nose → 1910s rhyming sl. for ‘snout’
► SALMON TROUT n. 3. ─ a bookmaker’s tout → 1930s rhyming sl.
► SALMON TROUT n. 4. ─ gout → 1932 rhyming sl.
► SALMON TROUT n. 5. ─ stout beer → 1950s rhyming sl.
► SALMON TROUT n. 6. ─ tobacco → 1970s rhyming sl. for ‘snout’, esp. prison usage
► SALON n. ─ a semi-private area created by shrubs and trees where homosexual liaisons take place → 1972 US sl.
► SALON MUSIC n. ─ light classical music intended esp. for domestic entertaining → 1914 sometimes derogatory
► SALOON n. 1. ─ a place where alcoholic drink is sold and consumed → chiefly US & Can.
► SALOON n. 2. ─ a caboose → 1977 US sl.
► SALOON n. 3. ─ in poker: a hand consisting of three cards of the same rank and a pair; a ‘full house’ → 1988 US sl.
► SALOONIST n. ─ a saloon keeper → 1882 US
► SALOON-KEEPER n. ─ one who keeps a drinking saloon → 1849 US
► SALOON SMASHER n. ─ one who practises or advocates the practice of the wrecking of drinking saloons as a protest against the liquor traffic → 1901 US sl.
► SALOP n. ─ a dirty, grubby person, esp. a woman or child → 20C W. Indies sl.
► SALOPIAN adj. ─ belonging to Shropshire → 1706
► SALOPIAN n. ─ a native or inhabitant of Shropshire → 1700
► SALSAMENTARIOUS adj. ─ belonging to salt, or to any salt thing → 1656 obs.
► SALSIPOTENT adj. ─ ruling the sea, having power of the sea → 1578 obs.
► SALSITUDE n. ─ saltness, brackishness → a1693 obs.
► SAL SLAPPERS n. ─ a prostitute or promiscuous woman → L19 costermongers’ sl.
► SALSUGINOUS adj. ─ impregnated with salt; brackish ý 1657 obs.
► SALSURE n. ─ a salting or seasoning brine → 1656 obs.
► SALT adj. 1. ─ of experience, etc.: bitter, vexatious → c1500 obs.
► SALT adj. 2. ─ of bitches: in heat → 1541 obs.
► SALT adj. 3. ─ of persons: lecherous; salacious; hence, of desire, inordinate → 1598 obs.
► SALT adj. 4. ─ of speech, wit, etc.: pungent, stinging → a1600
► SALT adj. 5. ─ of expense, cost: excessive in amount; costly, expensive, high in price. dear → 1710 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SALT adj. 6. ─ of high rank or great wealth → 1868 sl.
► SALT adj. 7. ─ severe, painful → 1895 Sc.
► SALT adj. 8. ─ drunk → L19 Brit. rhyming sl. (Salt Junk)
► SALT adj. 9. ─ unlucky, in a bad state; impoverished, empty-handed, low on food → 1950s W. Indies Rasta
► SALT n. 1. ─ sexual desire or excitement; often said of a bitch → 1519 obs.
► SALT n. 2. ─ sarcasm, liveliness, pungency → 1806 Sc.
► SALT n. 3. ─ a sailor, esp. an experienced sailor → 1840 colloq.
► SALT n. 4. ─ a fine example → M19 sl.
► SALT n. 5. ─ the sea → 1892 Sc.
► SALT n. 6. ─ money → L19 sl.
► SALT n. 7. ─ dry or laconic wit
► SALT n. 8. ─ plain tobacco mixed with marijuana → 1946 S. Afr. sl.
► SALT n. 9. ─ trouble, annoyance, difficulties → 1950s African-American & W. Indies sl.
► SALT n. 10. ─ a drunkard → 1965 Barbados
► SALT n. 11. ─ a small, firm oyster; an oyster that is not placed in freshwater → 1968 Amer. sl.
► SALT n. 12. ─ a woman → 1969 UK sl.
► SALT n. 13. ─ a veteran of any experience or discipline → 1960s sl.
► SALT n. 14. ─ heroin → 1971 US drug culture sl.
► SALT vb. 1. ─ to admit a freshman in a university with certain burlesque ceremonies; one of which was making him drink salt and water or putting salt in his mouth → 1570 students’ sl. obs.
► SALT vb. 2. ─ to copulate → 17C
► SALT vb. 3. ─ to embitter → 1786
► SALT vb. 4. ─ to heighten in price → 1825 Sc.
► SALT vb. 5. ─ to make something appear to be worth more than it is → 1852 US sl., orig. mining usage
► SALT vb. 6. ─ to misrepresent the value of a mine by introducing ore from else where → 1862 sl.
► SALT vb. 7. ─ to snub; to put down; to check; to have revenge upon → 1863 Sc.
► SALT vb. 8. ─ to shoot, to shoot dead → M19 US sl.
► SALT vb. 9. ─ to misrepresent the contents of an account by adding ghost entries, falsifying details etc. → 1882 sl.
► SALT vb. 10. ─ to bribe → 1896 Eng. dial.
► SALT vb. 11. ─ to store, to put away → 20C sl.
► SALT vb. 12. ─ to initiate a new prisoner → 1940s UK prison sl.
► SALT vb. 13. ─ to swindle someone by baiting them → 1950 US sl.
► SALT vb. 14. ─ to plant or place something to be found → 1981 US sl.
► SALT-AND-PEPPER adj. 1. ─ white and black → 1915 US sl.
► SALT-AND-PEPPER adj. 2. ─ of a person: of mixed race → 1950s US sl.
► SALT-AND-PEPPER adj. 3. ─ said of anything involving both Blacks and Whites → 1950s US sl.
► SALT-AND-PEPPER adj. 4. ─ of a place: frequented by both Blacks and Whites → 1950s US sl.
► SALT-AND-PEPPER adj. 5. ─ of hair: black and grey/white → 1950s US sl.
► SALT-AND-PEPPER adj. 6. ─ said of two men having sex with one woman → 1950s US sl.
► SALT-AND-PEPPER adj. 7. ─ segregated → 1950s US sl.
(nouns as ‘salt and pepper’)
► SALT-AND-PEPPER n. 1. ─ marijuana, esp. of poor quality → 1946 drug culture sl.
► SALT-AND-PEPPER n. 2. ─ an inter-racial couple → 1950s sl., orig. African-American
► SALT-AND-PEPPER n. 3. ─ friends or colleagues of different races → 1950s sl., orig. African-American
► SALT-AND-PEPPER n. 4. ─ a police team, usually operating from a squad car, that consists of one Black and one White policeman → 1950s sl., orig. African-American
► SALT-AND-PEPPER n. 5. ─ a black and white squad car → 1950s sl., orig. African-American
► SALT-AND-PEPPER QUEENS n. ─ a mixed-race homosexual couple → 1970s homosexual sl.
► SALT AND ROB n. ─ assault and robbery → 1946 S. Afr. sl.
► SALT-AND-SPOONING n. ─ going at a jog-trot → 1854 Eng. dial.
► SALTANT adj. ─ leaping, jumping, dancing → 1601 obs.
► SALTATE vb. ─ to leap; to jump; to skip; to dance → 1623
► SALTATION n. 1. ─ leaping, bounding, jumping; a leap → 1646
► SALTATION n. 2. ─ dancing; a dance → 1656
► SALTATIVENESS n. ─ the faculty of leaping or jumping → 1829
► SALTATORIAL adj. ─ characterized by leaping or dancing → 1789
► SALTATORIAN adj. ─ involving dancing → 1823
► SALTATORIOUS adj. ─ characterized by leaping or dancing → 1816
► SALTATORY adj. ─ characterized by dancing → 1656
► SALTATORY n. ─ a dancer → a1625 obs.
► SALTATRESS n. ─ a female dancer → 1784 obs.
► SALT AWAY vb. ─ to hoard or save money or valuables; to store money secretly in order to conceal profits → 1849 sl.
► SALT BEEF n. ─ an attractive woman married to someone else → 1982 Bahamas
► SALT-BITCH n. ─ a homosexual → L17 sl.
► SALT BOMB n. ─ personal vilification → 2000s African-American sl.
► SALT-BOX n. ─ the condemned cell at Newgate prison → 19C sl.
► SALT-BOX CLY n. ─ the outside coat pocket, with a flap → E19 UK criminals’ sl.
► SALT-BOXES n. ─ the condemned cells in Newgate prison → 1812 sl.
► SALT-BREE n. ─ salt-water → 1790 Sc.
► SALT-CELLAR n. 1. ─ the vagina → 19C sl.
► SALT-CELLAR n. 2. ─ the cavity above a woman’s collar-bone → L19 sl.
► SALT-CELLAR n. 3. ─ the navel → 1950s UK juvenile sl.
► SALTCHUCK n. ─ a body of salt water, esp. and inlet or salt lagoon → 1868 Amer. dial.
► SALTCHUCKER n. ─ a saltwater angler → 20C Can. colloq.
► SALT-COLLOP n. ─ anything not of a bulky description purchased at a high price → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALT-CORN n. ─ a grain of salt → 1445 obs.
► SALT CREEK n. ─ execution in the electric chair → 1910s US criminals’ sl.
► SALT-CUNTED adj. ─ sexually voracious → L19 sl.
► SALT DOWN vb. 1. ─ to hoard or save money or valuables; to store money secretly in order to conceal profits → 1849 sl.
► SALT DOWN vb. 2. ─ to tell off, to reprimand → 1900s US sl.
► SALTED adj. 1. ─ ‘seasoned’ with good sense; sensible → 1647
► SALTED adj. 2. ─ of persons: experienced in some business or occupation → 1889 colloq.
► SALTED adj. 3. ─ dead → 20C US sl.
► SALTED adj. 4. ─ drunk → 1909 UK sl.
► SALTED AWAY adj. ─ dead and buried → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SALTED-DOWN adj. 1. ─ drunk → 19C sl.
► SALTED-DOWN adj. 2. ─ dead and buried → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SALTED SENSE n. ─ sound common sense → 1900 Eng. dial.
► SALTEE n. ─ a penny → 1859 sl.
► SALT EEL n. 1. ─ a rope’s end used for flogging → 1663 obs.
► SALT EEL n. 2. ─ a beating → 1895 nautical sl. (Bk.)
► SALTEN adj. ─ made of salt; salted → 1654
► SALTER n. 1. ─ a penny → 1859 UK sl.
► SALTER n. 2. ─ a shrew; a sharp-tongued person → 1871 Sc.
► SALTER n. 3. ─ a fraudulent vendor → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SALTER THAN THE BRINY OCEAN adj. ─ very salty → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SALTFISH n. ─ the vagina → 1991 Jamaica sl.
► SALT-GREEN adj. ─ green like the sea → 1895 obs. (Bk.)
► SALT HORSE n. 1. ─ salted beef → 1836 naval sl.
► SALT HORSE n. 2. ─ an officer with general duties → 1914 Brit. naval sl.
► SALTIE n. ─ a salt-water crocodile → 1951 Aust. sl.
► SALTIMBANCO n. 1. ─ a mountebank; a quack; a charlatan; a fraudster → 1646
► SALTIMBANCO n. 2. ─ a street clown → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► SALTING adj. ─ of a bitch: in heat → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALTING n. ─ the vagina → 1950s W. Indies Rasta usage
► SALTION n. ─ a leaping → 1533 obs.
► SALTITANT adj. ─ leaping or springing → 1654 obs.
► SALT IT FOR SOMEONE vb. ─ to make problems for someone → 1910s sl.
► SALT JUNK adj. ─ drunk → 1909 UK sl.
► SALT JUNK n. ─ corned beef, salt beef → 1792 Amer. dial.
► SALT LAKE STATE n. ─ Utah → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SALTLESS adj. 1. ─ senseless, without wit → 1810 Sc.
► SALTLESS adj. 2. ─ disappointing → 1820 Sc.
► SALTMINE n. ─ a workplace → 1976 US sl.
► SALT MONEY n. ─ salary → 1535 obs.
► SALT OF THE EARTH, THE n. ─ a person or group of people regarded as the finest of their kind; the excellent of the earth; the powerful, aristocratic, or wealthy → c950
► SALT ONE’S KAIL vb. ─ to scold, to make things unpleasant for one → 1865 Sc.
► SALT-PIE n. ─ a building with a sloping roof on one side only; a lean-to → 1880 Eng. dial.
► SALT POND n. ─ the ocean → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SALT RHEUM n. ─ an irritating discharge of mucus from the nose; a running cold → 1590 obs.
► SALT-ROVER n. ─ one who sails the seas → 1620 obs.
► SALTS-AND-SENNA n. ─ an apothecary → 1903 (Bk.)
► SALT-SELLER LIFE n. ─ an uncomfortable existence → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALT SHAKER n. ─ a road-gritting or road-salting vehicle → 1976 US sl.
► SALT STRUCK adj. ─ of cod: dressed with enough salt to be pickled → 1957 Can. sl.
► SALT SUCKER n. ─ an individual from the Midwest who forgets to close his or her mouth when he or she swims in the ocean → 2006 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SALT THE BOOKS vb. ─ to improve the state of a firm’s accounts by judicious, if illicit, alterations to the figures → L19 sl.
► SALTUARY n. ─ a forester, a ranger → 1674 obs.
► SALT UP vb. ─ to cause trouble for; to place in a difficult or embarrassing situation → 1980s US students’ sl.
► SALTURE n. ─ a leaping or dancing → 1655 obs.
► SALT-WAGER n. ─ a salvager; one employed on the sea-coast by the lord of the manor to see to his rights of salvage, wreck, or waif → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SALT WATER n. 1. ─ tears → c1400 humorous usage
► SALT WATER n. 2. ─ urine → L17 sl.
► SALT WATER n. 3. ─ the sea; hence a jocular form of address to a sailor → 1839
► SALT WATER n. 4. ─ alcohol → 1920s African-American sl.
► SALT WATER n. 5. ─ a US police officer born in Ireland → 1982 US sl.
► SALT-WATER NEGRO n. ─ an African born Black person, so called by the Creoles, who were born in the West Indies → E19 W. Indies
► SALT-WATER TAFFY n. 1. ─ a sailor’s penis as an object for fellatio → 1970s US homosexual sl.
► SALT-WATER TAFFY n. 2. ─ an attractive woman on the beach → 1990 US sl.
► SALT-WATER TURKEY n. ─ a nickname for an Irishman who has crossed the ocean → 20C US sl., derogatory
► SALT-WATER VEGETABLE n. ─ an oyster or clam → M19 sl.
► SALTY adj. 1. ─ of a bitch: in heat → 1603 obs.
► SALTY adj. 2. ─ piquant, racy → 1866
► SALTY adj. 3. ─ clever; tasteful → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALTY adj. 4. ─ tough, aggressive; used of a veteran of a particular environment, as of a prison → 1920s US sl.
► SALTY adj. 5. ─ unpleasant, uncouth, crude; of language: obscene → 1920s US teen sl.
► SALTY adj. 6. ─ of a horse or its behaviour: wild, unmanageable → 1936 Amer. dial.
► SALTY adj. 7. ─ ill-tempered, angry, irritated, resentful, annoyed → 1936 Amer. dial.
► SALTY adj. 8. ─ bitter → 1960s Amer. sl.
► SALTY adj. 9. ─ expensive, costly, dear → 1974 Amer. dial.
► SALTY adj. 10. ─ of a garment: well-worn, ‘lived-in’ → 1980s sl.
► SALTY n. ─ a penny → 1859 UK sl.
► SALTY BANANAS n. ─ sultanas → 20C Aust. rhyming sl.
► SALTY DOG n. 1. ─ something or someone very exceptional → L19 African-American sl.
► SALTY DOG n. 2. ─ one who uses an excess of obscene language → 1970s African-American sl.
► SALTY DOG n. 3. ─ during the Vietnam war: a piece of equipment lost in combat → 1991 US sl.
► SALTY HORSE n. ─ a spirited horse → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.
► SALTY RIDER n. ─ one with guts → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SALTY WATER n. ─ the recreational drug GHB → 1997 US sl.
► SALTY YOGURT SLINGER n. ─ the penis → 1990s sl.
► SALUBERRIME adj. ─ highly favourable to health → 1509 obs.
► SALUBRIFY vb. ─ to render favourable to health → 1842
► SALUBRIOUS adj. 1. ─ favourable or conducive to health → 1547
► SALUBRIOUS adj. 2. ─ drunk → 19C sl.
► SALUBRITY n. 1. ─ the quality of being healthful → 1432–50
► SALUBRITY n. 2. ─ healthy condition, health → 1654
► SALUD! int. ─ used when someone sneezes → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SALUE n. ─ a salutation → c1430 obs.
► SALUE vb. ─ to salute → c1300 obs.
► SALUS n. ─ a salutation → a1225 obs.
► SALUTAIRE adj. ─ conducive to health → c1450 obs.
► SALUTARY adj. 1. ─ conducive to well-being; beneficial → 1490
► SALUTARY adj. 2. ─ conducive to health → 1649
► SALUTATORIAN n. ─ in American schools and colleges, the student who delivers the ‘salutatory’ oration at the annual commencement day exercises → 1847 US
► SALUTE n. 1. ─ safety, well-being, salvation → 1471 obs.
► SALUTE n. 2. ─ a noise-making firework → 1923 Amer. dial.
► SALUTE vb. 1. ─ to pay one’s respects to; to pay a complimentary visit to → 1585 obs.
► SALUTE vb. 2. ─ to honour a person with a present, gift, etc. → a1592 obs.
► SALUTE vb. 3. ─ to assail → 1607
► SALUTE THE JUDGE vb. ─ to win a horse race → 1977 Aust. sl.
► SALUTE TYBURN vb. ─ to be hanged → 1640 jocular usage, obs.
► SALUTIFERE adj. ─ promoting or conducive to health → 1549 obs.
► SALUTIFEROUS adj. 1. ─ conducive to well-being, safety, or salvation → c1540
► SALUTIFEROUS adj. 2. ─ promoting or conducive to health → 1604
► SALUTIGEROUS adj. ─ bringing health; salubrious → 1656 obs.
► SALV’ n. ─ the Salvation Army or one of its members → L19 Aust. sl.
► SALVABLE adj. ─ of a difficulty, doubt, etc.: that can be explained or cleared up; solvable → 1661 obs.
► SALVADOR n. 1. ─ cocaine → 2000 UK rhyming sl. for ‘Charlie’ (Salvador Dali)
► SALVADOR n. 2. ─ a drink → 2002 Sc. rhyming sl. for ‘swally’ (Salvador Dali)
► SALVADOR DALI n. 1. ─ cocaine → 2000s rhyming drug sl. for ‘Charlie’
► SALVADOR DALI n. 2. ─ a drink → 2002 Sc. rhyming sl. for ‘swally’
► SALVAGE adj. ─ savage, barbarous → 1818 Sc. & Ireland obs.
► SALVAGE n. ─ a cruel or savage person, a barbarian → 1606 obs.
► SALVAGE vb. ─ to steal, to pilfer → 1910s Aust. & US sl.
► SALVAGE DEPOT n. ─ a handbag → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SALVAGEROUS adj. ─ fierce, violent, vigorous → 1857 Amer. dial.
► SALVARMY n. ─ the Salvation Army or one of its members → L19 Aust. sl.
► SALVATION n. ─ a station → L19 rhyming sl.
► SALVATION ARMY adj. 1. ─ crazy, mad, eccentric → L19 rhyming sl. for ‘barmy’
► SALVATION ARMY adj. 2. ─ drunk → L19 rhyming sl. for ‘balmy’
► SALVATIONER n. ─ a member of the Salvation Army → 1889
► SALVATIONIST n. ─ a member of the Salvation Army → 1882
► SALVATION JUGGINS n. ─ a member of the Salvation Army → L19 sl.
► SALVATION ROTTER n. ─ a member of the Salvation Army → L19 sl.
► SALVATION SALLY n. ─ a Salvation Army girl → L19 Aust. sl.
► SALVATION SOUL-SNEAKER n. ─ a member of the Salvation Army → L19 sl.
► SALVATIVE adj. ─ ?healing or ?preservative → 1653 obs.
► SALVATOR n. ─ one who saves, rescues, or delivers → a1400 obs.
► SALVATORY adj. ─ saving; imparting safety or salvation to → 1830
► SALVATORY n. 1. ─ a box for holding ointment → 1549 obs.
► SALVATORY n. 2. ─ a repository for safe storage → a1677
► SALVE int. ─ hail! → 1895 (Bk.)
► SALVE n. 1. ─ a discharge of firearms → 1577-87 obs.
► SALVE n. 2. ─ a solution of a difficulty; also, a sophistical excuse or evasion → a1628 obs.
► SALVE n. 3. ─ praise, flattery, cajolery → 1864
► SALVE n. 4. ─ butter → L19 US tramps’ sl.
► SALVE n. 5. ─ money, esp. as a reward for something difficult → 20C US sl.
► SALVE n. 6. ─ exaggeration → 1910s US students’ sl.
► SALVE n. 7. ─ a bribe → 1910s US sl.
► SALVE n. 8. ─ a complaint → 1920s US tramps’ sl.
► SALVE vb. 1. ─ to anoint a wound or wounded part with salve or healing unguent → a800 obs.
► SALVE vb. 2. ─ to heal or remedy a disease; also, to heal sin, sorrow, etc. → 1411 obs.
► SALVE vb. 3. ─ to clear up, to explain, to account for a difficulty, point in dispute, etc.; to overcome a doubt or objection; to reconcile a discrepancy → 1571 obs.
► SALVE vb. 4. ─ to make good, to smooth over something amiss, a troubled state of affairs, a defect, offense, disgrace, etc. → 1575 obs.
► SALVE vb. 5. ─ to soothe, to mitigate, to assuage → 1577 obs.
► SALVE vb. 6. ─ to cajole, to flatter; to take in by fair speech; to cozen → 1856 Eng. dial.
► SALVE vb. 7. ─ to flog → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALVE vb. 8. ─ to pay, usually a reward; also, to bribe → 20C US sl.
► SALVE ARTIST n. ─ a flatterer → 1915 US sl.
► SALVEDICTION n. ─ salutation on meeting → 1668 obs.
► SALVE-EATER n. ─ an immigrant from northern Europe, esp. a Swede → L19 US sl., derogatory
► SALVE OVER vb. ─ to talk over or persuade by smooth speech → 1862 colloq.
► SALVIFIC adj. ─ tending to save; causing salvation → 1591 obs.
► SALVIFICAL adj. ─ tending to save; causing salvation → 1581 obs.
► SALVO n. 1. ─ a salutation or salute → 1653 obs.
► SALVO n. 2. ─ a solution, explanation of a difficulty; an answer to an objection; an excuse or evasion → 1659 obs.
► SALVO n. 3. ─ a volley of applause → a1734
► SALVO n. 4. ─ the Salvation Army → 1891 sl.
► SALVO n. 5. ─ a member of the Salvation Army → 1891 sl.
► SALVOR n. 1. ─ one who saves or helps to save vessels or cargo from loss at sea → 1678
► SALVOR n. 2. ─ one who saves or attempts to save someone from drowning → 1890
► SALVOSH n. ─ the Salvation Army → 2003 UK sl.
► SALVY adj. 1. ─ unctuous of speech and matter; ingratiating, wheedling → 1896 Eng. dial.
► SALVY adj. 2. ─ greasy, oily, soapy → 1897 Eng. dial.
► SALVY adj. 3. ─ of the complexion: pale, sickly → 1897 Eng. dial.
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