Definition of salt

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Salt (v. i.) To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt..

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Lixivited :: Lixivited (a.) Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
Salt :: Salt (n.) Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt..
Bittern :: Bittern (a.) The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains..
Bead :: Bead (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc..
Powder :: Powder (v. i.) To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily..
Sorbate :: Sorbate (n.) A salt of sorbic acid.
Protosalt :: Protosalt (n.) A salt derived from a protoxide base.
Preserve :: Preserve (v. t.) To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes..
Eristalis :: Eristalis (n.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly..
Phenolate :: Phenolate (n.) A compound of phenol analogous to a salt.
Racemate :: Racemate (n.) A salt of racemic acid.
Sub :: Sub- () A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate..
Mandelate :: Mandelate (n.) A salt of mandelic acid.
Styrax :: Styracin (n.) A white crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gum storax, and consisting of a salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol..
Platinochloride :: Platinochloride (n.) A double chloride of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinochloric acid.
Saltcellar :: Saltcellar (n.) Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table..
Saltpetrous :: Saltpetrous (a.) Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter..
Trithionate :: Trithionate (n.) A salt of trithionic acid.
Sea :: Sea (n.) The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
Subereous :: Suberate (n.) A salt of suberic acid.
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