Salleting (n.) Salad.
Salliance (n.) Salience.
Sallow (n.) The willow; willow twigs.
Sallow (n.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.
Sallow (superl.) Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.
Sallow (v. t.) To tinge with sallowness.
Sallowish (a.) Somewhat sallow.
Sallowness (n.) The quality or condition of being sallow.
Sallied (imp. & p. p.) of Sally
Sallying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sally
Sally (v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
Sallies (pl. ) of Sally
Sally (v.) A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
Sally (v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
Sally (v.) An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
Sally (v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
Sally (v.) Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
Sally Lunn () A tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter.
Sallyman (n.) The velella; -- called also saleeman.
Salm (n.) Psalm.
Salmagundi (n.) A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
Salmagundi (n.) Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
Salmi (n.) Same as Salmis.
Salmiac (n.) Sal ammoniac. See under Sal.
Salmis (n.) A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite.
Salmons (pl. ) of Salmon
Salmon (pl. ) of Salmon
Salmon (v.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.
Salmon (v.) A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.
Salmon (a.) Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon.
Salmonet (n.) A salmon of small size; a samlet.
Salmonoid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon.
Salmonoid (n.) Any fish of the family Salmonidae.
Salogen (n.) A halogen.
Salol (n.) A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate.
salometer (n.) See Salimeter.
Salomtry (n.) Salimetry.
Salon (n.) An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
Saloon (n.) A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.
Saloon (n.) Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.
Saloop (n.) An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London.
Salp (n.) Any species of Salpa, or of the family Salpidae.
Salpae (pl. ) of Salpa
Salpas (pl. ) of Salpa
Salpa (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.
Salpian (n.) Alt. of Salpid
Salpid (n.) A salpa.
Salpicon (n.) Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.
Salpingitis (n.) Inflammation of the salpinx.
Salpinx (n.) The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.
Salsafy (n.) See Salsify.
Salsamentarious (a.) Salt; salted; saline.
Salse (n.) A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.
Salsify (n.) See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.
Salso-acid (a.) Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.
Salsoda (n.) See Sal soda, under Sal.
Salsola (n.) A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.
salsuginous (a.) Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.
Salt (n.) The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.
Salt (n.) Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
Salt (n.) Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
Salt (n.) A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
Salt (n.) A sailor; -- usually qualified by old.
Salt (n.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
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.
Salt (n.) Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
Salt (n.) Marshes flooded by the tide.
Salt (n.) Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water.
Salt (n.) Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.
Salt (n.) Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.
Salt (n.) Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful.
Salted (imp. & p. p.) of Salt
Salting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Salt
Salt (v. t.) 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.
Salt (v. t.) To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
Salt (v. i.) To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.
Salt (n.) The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.
Saltant (v.) Leaping; jumping; dancing.
Saltant (v.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.
Saltarella (n.) See Saltarello.
Saltarello (n.) 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.
Saltate (v. i.) To leap or dance.
Saltation (n.) A leaping or jumping.
Saltation (n.) Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.
Saltation (n.) An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.
Saltatoria (n. pl.) A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.
Saltatorial (a.) Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises.
Saltatorial (a.) Same as Saltatorious.
Saltatorial (a.) Of or pertaining to the Saltatoria.
Saltatorious (a.) Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.
Saltatory (a.) Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.
Saltbush (n.) An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.
Saltcat (n.) A mixture of salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons.
Saltcellar (n.) Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.
Salter (n.) One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish.
Saltern (n.) A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.
Saltfoot (n.) A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
Salt-green (a.) Sea-green in color.
Saltle (n.) The European dab.
Saltier (n.) See Saltire.