SPage 35
- English Word Salt Definition Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful.
- English Word Salt Definition To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.
- English Word Salt Definition To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- English Word Salt Definition To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.
- English Word Salt Definition The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.
- English Word Salt rheum Definition A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema.
- English Word Salt-green Definition Sea-green in color.
- English Word Saltant Definition Leaping; jumping; dancing.
- English Word Saltant Definition In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.
- English Word Saltarella Definition See Saltarello.
- English Word Saltarello Definition A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella.
- English Word Saltate Definition To leap or dance.
- English Word Saltation Definition A leaping or jumping.
- English Word Saltation Definition Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.
- English Word Saltation Definition An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.
- English Word Saltatoria Definition A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.
- English Word Saltatorial Definition Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises.
- English Word Saltatorial Definition Same as Saltatorious.
- English Word Saltatorial Definition Of or pertaining to the Saltatoria.
- English Word Saltatorious Definition Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.