Definition of salt

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Salt (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt..

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Formate :: Formate (n.) A salt of formic acid.
Rosolic :: Rosolic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass, C20H16O3, which forms weak salts with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also methyl aurin, and, formerly, corallin..
Hydrate :: Hydrate (n.) A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts..
Lactate :: Lactate (n.) A salt of lactic acid.
Saccharate :: Saccharate (n.) A salt of saccharic acid.
Phthalate :: Phthalate (n.) A salt of phthalic acid.
Silicate :: Silicate (n.) A salt of silicic acid.
Hydrosalt :: Hydrosalt (n.) A salt supposed to be formed by a hydracid and a base.
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
Blote :: Blote (v. t.) To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat..
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch..
Bile :: Bile (n.) A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters..
Glauber''s Salt :: Glauber's salt () Alt. of Glauber's salt.
Fresh :: Fresh (superl) Not salt; as, fresh water, in distinction from that which is from the sea, or brackish; fresh meat, in distinction from that which is pickled or salted..
Kieserite :: Kieserite (n.) Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony..
Oxonate :: Oxonate (n.) A salt of oxonic acid.
Cyanate :: Cyanate (n.) A salt of cyanic acid.
Persulphocyanate :: Persulphocyanate (n.) A salt of persulphocyanic acid.
Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..
Edulcorate :: Edulcorate (v. t.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify..
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