Sal"ve (?), interj. [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of salvere to be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.]
Hail!
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Sal"ve (? ∨ ?), v. t.
To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute.
[Obs.]
By this that stranger knight in presence came,
And goodly salved them.
Spenser.
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Salve [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salva, Goth. salbn to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) oil, butter, Skr. sapris 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 Zool., a large, stout isopod crustacean (Aega psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.
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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 traetment; 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 one's conscience. salve one's wounded pride -->
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Salve (?), v. t. & i. [See Salvage]
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
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