Category:Salve

Sal"ve, interj. Etym: [l., hail, god save you, imperat. of salvere to Be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.]

Defn: hail!

Salve Sal"ve ( or ), v. t.

Defn: to say "salve" to; to greet; to salute. [obs.] By this that stranger knight in presence came, and goodly salved Them. Spenser.

Salve Salve, n. Etym: [as. sealf ointment; akin to lg. salwe, d. zalve, Zalf, ohg. salba, dan. salve, sw. salva, goth. salb to anoint, and Probably to gr. (hesychius) sapris clarified butter. sq. root155, 291.]

1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or Sores; a healing ointment. Chaucer.

2. A soothing remedy or antidote. Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores. Milton. Salve bug (zoöl.), a large, stout isopod crustacean (æga psora), Parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the Preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.

Salve Salve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salved; p. pr. & vb. n. Salving.] Etym: [as. sealfian to anoint. See salve, n.]

1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial Traetment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound. Shak.

2. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an Ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss Over. But ebranck salved both their infamies with noble deeds. Spenser. What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence milton.

Salve Salve, v. t. & i. Etym: [see salvage]

Defn: to save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [recent]