Definition of salt

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Salt (n.) Marshes flooded by the tide.

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Silicofluoride :: Silicofluoride (n.) A fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid.
Osmiamate :: Osmiamate (n.) A salt of osmiamic acid.
-ate :: -ate () In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts..
Blote :: Blote (v. t.) To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat..
Powdered :: Powdered (a.) Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.
Augite :: Augite (n.) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene..
Salt :: Salt (n.) Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt..
Carnallite :: Carnallite (n.) A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt..
Base :: Base (n.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids..
Mucate :: Mucate (n.) A salt of mucic acid.
Sulphophosphoric :: Sulphophosphite (n.) A salt of sulphophosphorous acid.
Osmiamic :: Osmiamic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous acid of osmium, H2N2Os2O5, forming a well-known series of yellow salts..
Bilin :: Bilin (n.) A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.
Igneous :: Igneous (a.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks..
Element :: Element (n.) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury..
Salty :: Salty (a.) Somewhat salt; saltish.
Oenanthic :: Oenanthic (a.) Having, or imparting, the odor characteristic of the bouquet of wine; specifically used, formerly, to designate an acid whose ethereal salts were supposed to occasion the peculiar bouquet, or aroma, of old wine. Cf. Oenanthylic..
Determination :: Determination (n.) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air..
Azotite :: Azotite (n.) A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite..
Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them..
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