Definition of salt

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salt () Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia..

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Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water..
Saltmouth :: Saltmouth (n.) A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts..
Saltatorial :: Saltatorial (a.) Same as Saltatorious.
Incrust :: Incrust (v. t.) To cover or line with a crust, or hard coat; to form a crust on the surface of; as, iron incrusted with rust; a vessel incrusted with salt; a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar..
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..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing..
Saltless :: Saltless (a.) Destitute of salt; insipid.
Pretzel :: Pretzel (n.) A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted ring, salted on the outside..
Lactate :: Lactate (n.) A salt of lactic acid.
Freshen :: Freshen (v. t.) To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh..
Kieserite :: Kieserite (n.) Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony..
Saltate :: Saltate (v. i.) To leap or dance.
Nitrite :: Nitrite (n.) A salt of nitrous acid.
Dibasic :: Dibasic (a.) Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, as oxalic or sulphuric acids. Cf. Diacid, Bibasic..
Sulpharsenite :: Sulpharsenious (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenious acid) analogous to arsenious acid, and known only in its salts..
Salt :: 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..
Fulminate :: Fulminate (v. i.) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.
Subsannation :: Subsalt (n.) A basic salt. See the Note under Salt.
Shifter :: Shifter (n.) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions..
Phthalimide :: Phthalimide (n.) An imido derivative of phthalic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C6H4.(CO)2NH, which has itself (like succinimide) acid properties, and forms a series of salts. Cf. Imido acid, under Imido..
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