Definition of salt

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Salt (n.) Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt..

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Psalter :: Psalter (n.) Specifically, the Book of Psalms as printed in the Book of Common Prayer; among the Roman Catholics, the part of the Breviary which contains the Psalms arranged for each day of the week..
Hydrosalt :: Hydrosalt (n.) A hydrous salt; a salt combined with water of hydration or crystallization.
Fluophosphate :: Fluophosphate (n.) A double salt of fluoric and phosphoric acids.
Salicylite :: Salicylite (n.) A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.
Anatron :: Anatron (n.) Saltpeter.
Titanate :: Titanate (n.) A salt of titanic acid.
Saltpeter :: Saltpeter (n.) Alt. of Saltpetr.
Polytungstate :: Polytungstate (n.) A salt of polytungstic acid.
Artemia :: Artemia (n.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.
Decrepitate :: Decrepitate (v. t.) To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt..
Melilite :: Melilite (n.) A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere..
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..
Palmate :: Palmate (n.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate.
Metalline :: Metalline (a.) Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as, metalline water..
Mannitate :: Mannitate (n.) A salt of mannitic acid.
Patio :: Patio (n.) A paved yard or floor where ores are cleaned and sorted, or where ore, salt, mercury, etc., are trampled by horses, to effect intermixture and amalgamation..
Psalterium :: Psalterium (n.) The third stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies.
Pyrophosphoric :: Pyrophosphoric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, H4P2O7, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are obtained by heating the phosphates..
Rust :: Rust (n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat..
Humate :: Humate (n.) A salt of humic acid.
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