salmon 
cleaned and scaled, and have their heads, tails, and tins 
cut off. Then they are placed in tanks illled with salted 
water, where they remain some time to "slime " or be 
cleansed before being brought into the factory. They are 
then cut into pieces of the proper size to nil the can. 
These pieces are placed in cans, which are subsequently 
tilled with brine. The raw fish, thus pickled, are soldered 
in the cans, which are next placed on forms holding many 
hundreds and lowered by machinery into steam-boilers, 
\vhi-re they are cooked for an hour. The next step is a 
nice process called eenting. A little hole is pricked in the 
can to allow the gas within to escape, when the vent-hole 
is instantly soldered. A second cooking now takes place, 
after which the cans are taken from the boilers and show- 
ered with cold water. If the vacuum is perfect, showing 
a sound can, the top hollows in with the cooling process. 
If a can is in the least swollen, it is rejected. 
3. One of various fishes, not of the family ,S/- 
monidse, suggestive of or mistaken for a salmon, 
(rt) A scitenoid flsh, Cynoscion maculatus. See squeteague. 
[Southern coast of the V. S.] (6) A percoideous flsh of 
the genus Stizostedium ; a pike-perch : more fully called 
jack-salmon, (c) In New Zealand, a serranoid fish, Arri- 
pii solar. (See also the phrases below.) 
4. The upper bricks in a kiln, which in firing 
receive the least heat: so called from their 
color. 
The arches, from necessity, are overburdened in conse- 
iiueuce of prolonging the firing sufficiently to burn the 
top and sides of the kiln into respectable salmon. 
Ure, Diet., IV. 157. 
Black salmon, a local name of the great lake-trout, Sal- 
mlimn (Cristivomer) ruimaycw<h. Burnett salmon, a 
ceratodontoid flsh, Ceratodus (Neoceratodus)forsteri, with 
reddish flesh like that of the salmon. See Ceratodus. 
Calvered salmon, pickled salmon. See calixr, v. t. 
Did I ever think . . . 
That my too curious appetite, that turn'd 
At the sight of godwits, pheasant, partridge, quails, 
Larks, woodcocks, caloer'd salmon, as coarse diet, 
Would leap at a mouldy crust 2 
Mamnger, Maid of Honour, Hi. 1. 
Cornish salmon, the pollack. [Local, Eng.] Kelp sal- 
mon, of California (Monterey), a serranoid flsh, Parala- 
brax dathratm.-lS.itiS Of the salmon. See tnngi. 
Land-locked salmon. Salmo salar sebago, confined to 
lakes, etc., and manifest as a variety. Quoddy salmon, 
a gadoid flsh, Pollachius carbonarius or virem; the pol- 
lack. -^Salmon brick. See def. 4, and '</-,>/,--'.- Sea-sal- 
mon, a gadoid flsh, the pollack, Pollachiux carbonarim. 
[Gulf of St. Lawrence.] White salmon, of California, a 
carangoid flsh, Seriola dorsalis. Wide-mouthed sal- 
mon, any member of the Scopelidee. 
salmon (sam ' un), v. t. [< salmon, .] To 
sicken or poison with salmon, as dogs. [Pacific 
coast, U. S.] 
salmon-belly (sam'un-bel"i), . The belly 
of a salmon prepared for eating by salting and 
curing. [Oregon.] 
salmon-berry (sam'un-ber"i), . See fl-oieer- 
ing raspberry, under raspberry. 
salmon-color (sam'un-kul'pr), . A reddish- 
orange color of high luminosity but low chro- 
ma ; an orange pink. The name is associated with 
the pink color of salmon-flesh, but, as in the cases of 
other color-names, departs somewhat widely from the 
color of the thing suggested. 
salmon-colored (sam'un-kul"prd), a. Of a 
salmon-color. 
salmondt, . An obsolete form of salmon. 
salmon-disease (sam'un-di-zez"), n. A de- 
structive disease of fish, especially of salmon, 
caused by a fungus, Saprolegnia ferax. See 
Saprolegnia. 
Salmones (sal-mo'nez), n. pi. Same as Sal- 
mon/dee (a). 
salmonet (sam'un-et), w. [= Sp. Pg. salmonete, 
samlet, red mullet; as salmon + -et. Doublet 
of samlet.] A young or small salmon ; a samlet. 
salmon-fishery (sam'un-fish"er-i), n. 1. A 
place where salmon-fishing is regularly or sys- 
tematically carried on. 2. Salmon-fishing. 
salmon-fishing (sam'un-fish"ing), n. The act or 
practice of fishing for salmon ; salmon-fishery. 
salmon-fly (sam'un-fli), . Any kind of arti- 
ficial fly used for taking salmoii with rod and 
line. 
salmon-fry (sam'un-fii), . Salmon under two 
years old. 
salmonic (sal-mon'ik), a. [< salmon + -ic.~\ 
Pertaining to or derived from salmon : as, sal- 
monic acid (a peculiar kind of coloring matter 
found in the muscles of the trout). 
salmonid (sal'mo-nid), . and , I. w. A fish 
of the family SatnotMa, 
II. n. Salmonoid. 
Salmonidae (sal-mon'i-de). n. pi. [NL., < 
Nfilmo(n-) + -idie.'] A family of malacoptery- 
gian fishes, exemplified by the genus Salmo, 
to which various limits have been ascribed by 
different ichthyologists, (a) In Bonaparte's earlier 
classification, a family coextensive with Cuvier's Salmono- 
ides, the fourth family of Malacopteryffii abdominals, with 
scaly body, soft dorsal followed by a second small and adi- 
pose flu, numerous cceca, and a natatory bladder, (b) In 
Ounther's system, a family of physostomous fishes, with 
the margin of the upper jaw formed by the intermaxilla- 
ries mrsially, nmi by the niaxillaries laterally, the head 
naked, body covered with scales, belly rounded, a small 
adipose flu behind the dorsal, pyloric appendages general- 
ly numerous (rarely absentX pseudobranchire present, and 
the ova discharged into the cavity of the abdomen before 
exclusion, (c) By Cope restricted to such fishes as have 
the parietals separated by the supra-occipital, and with 
two tail- vertebra? the CongorMa being separated in an- 
other family, distinguished (erroneously) by the contiguous 
parietalsand the presenceof only one tail-vertebra. (d)By 
Gill restricted to species having the parietals separated 
by the supra-occipital, accessory costal bones, the stomach 
siphonal, and the pyloric cseca many. It was divided into 
two subfamilies, Coregoninse and Salmaninse, containing 
the whiteflsh, chars, and trout, as well as the salmon, but 
not the Thyinallidx, the Argentinidee, nor the Plecoalossi- 
dse. See cuts under char, hypural. inconnu, lake-trout, 
parr, rainbow-trout, Salmo, salmon, and trmit. 
Salmoniform (sal-mon'i-form), . [< L. sdl- 
mo(n-), a salmon, + forma, form.] Same as 
salmonoid. Huxley. 
Salmonina (sal-mo-ni'na), n.pl. [NL., < Sal- 
mo(n-) + -ina.~\ 'In Giinther's classification, 
the first group of his Salmonidee (see Salmoni- 
<lse (6)), with the dorsal fin opposite or nearly 
opposite the ventrals. It included all the gen- 
era of his Salmonidee except Salanx. 
Salmoninse (sal-mo-m'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Sal- 
mo^-) + -inse.~] A subfamily of Salmonidee, 
typified by the genus Salmo, to which different 
limits have been assigned, (a) Same as Salmonina 
of Giinther. (6) By Jordan and Gilbert restricted to spe- 
cies with many pyloric cseca, distinct conic teeth to the 
jaws, and mostly small scales. It includes the genera 
Salmo, Thymallus, etc. (c) By Qill further restricted to 
Salmonidse with the parietal bones separated by the supra- 
occipital, well-developed teeth in the jaws, and mostly 
small and adherent scales. It thus includes only the gen- 
era Salmo, Oncorhynchus, Salvelinw, and their subdivi- 
sions. In senses (6) and (c) the group is contrasted with 
Coregoninse. 
salmoning (sam'un-ing), . [< salmon + -ing 1 .'] 
1. The pursuit or capture of salmon ; also, the 
salmon industry, as canning. [Oregon.] 2. 
The habit of feeding on salmon; also, a dis- 
ease of dogs due to this diet. [Oregon.] 
salmon-killer (sam'un-kil"er), n. A sort of 
stickleback, Gasterosteus acideatus, var. cata- 
phractus, found from San Francisco to Alaska 
and Kamchatka, and destructive to salmon-fry 
and -spawn. [Columbia river, U. S.] 
salmon-ladder (sam'un-lad"er), w. 1. A fish- 
way. 2. A contrivance resembling a fishway 
in construction, used in the chemical treatment 
of sewage for thoroughly mixing the chemicals 
with the sewage. 
salmon-leap (sam'un-lep), n. [< ME. samoitn- 
lepe; < salmon + leap 1 .} A series of steps or 
ladders, etc., so constructed on a dam as to 
permit salmon to pass up-stream. 
salmon-louse (sam'un-lous), . A parasitic 
crustacean, Caligus piscinus, which adheres to 
the gills of the salmon. 
salmonoid (sal'mo-noid), a. and . [< L. sal- 
mo(n-), a salmon,'+ -aid.] I. a. Kesemblinga 
salmon ; of or pertaining to the Salmonidae in a 
broad sense ; related to the salmon family. Also 
salmoniform. 
II. w. A salmonoid fish. Also salmoid, sal- 
inonid. 
Salmonoidea (sal-mo-noi'de-S), n. pi. [NL., < 
Salmo(n-) + -oidea.~] A superfamily of mala- 
copterygian fishes, comprising the Salmonidee, 
Thymallidee, Argentinidee, etc. 
salmon-peal, salmon-peel (sam'un-pel), n. A 
young salmon under two pounds weight. 
salmon-pink (sam'un-pingk), . A salmon- 
color verging upon a scarlet pink. 
salmon-pool (sam'un-p61), n. Seejtool 1 . 
salmon-spear (sam'un-sper), . 1. An instru- 
ment used in spearing salmon. 2. In her., a 
bearing representing a three-pronged or four- 
pronged fish-spear, the prongs being usually 
barbed. 
salmon-spring (sam'un-spring), n. A smolt, or 
young salmon of the first^year. [Prov. Eng.] 
salmon-stair (sam'un-star), . Same as sal- 
moti-lttd'ttT. 
salmon-tackle (sam'un-tak"l), . The rod, line, 
and hook or fly with which salmon are taken. 
salmon-trout (sam'un-trout), n. A kind of sal- 
mon. Specifically (a) The Salmo tnttta, a species which 
in value ranks next to the salmon itself. It resembles the 
salmon In form and color, and is, like it, migratory, ascend- 
ing rivers to deposit its spawn. See cut under trout, (b) In 
the United States, one of several different fishes which re- 
semble both salmon and trout the former in size, the 
latter in having red or silvery spots. Some are true trout, 
as fSnlmo ijairdneri; others are chars, as all species of Sal- 
velinus ; none is the same as Snlmo trutta of Europe. See 
cuts under rainbow-trout and Salmo. 
salmon-twine (sam'un-twin), n. Linen or cot- 
ton twine used in the manufacture of salmon- 
nets. It is a strong twine of various six.es, cor- 
responding to flip varying sizes of nets. 
Salopian 
salmon-weir (sam'un-wer), n. A weir e*\>- 
cially designed or used to take salmon. 
salnatron (sal-na'tron), H. [< L. sal, salt, + 
E. natron.'] Crude sodium carbonate: a word 
used by dyers, soap-makers, and others. 
salol (sal'ol), . [< sal(ieyl) + -ol.} Pheuyl 
salicylate, C 6 H 4 .OHCO 2 .C 6 H 6 , a salicylic ether 
forming odorless crystals. It is used as an antisep- 
tic, and internally as a substitute for salicylic acid, being 
less irritating to the stomach. 
salometer (sa-lom'e-ter), n. [< L. sal, salt, + 
Gr. /icrpov, measure.] Same as salinometer, 1 . 
salometry (sa-lom'e-tri). n. Same as salinome- 
tnj. 
salomont (sal'6-moii), . The mass. [Thieves' 
slang or cant.] 
He will not beg out of his limit though hee starve ; nor 
breake his oath if hee sweare by his Salomon [the rogues 
inviolable oath], though you hang him. 
Sir T. Overbury, Characters, A Canting Rogue. 
I have, by the Salomon, a doxy that carries a kinchin- 
mort in her slate at her back. 
Middleton, Roaring Girl, v. 1. 
Salomonian (sal-o-mo'ni-an), a. [< LL. Salo- 
mon, Solomon, + -aw.] Same as Solomonic. 
Salomonic (sal-o-mon'ik), a. [< LL. Salomon, < 
LGr. Sa/ujuuv, 2o/lo//ui>, Solomon, King of Israel, 
+ -f'o.] Pertaining or relating to Solomon, or 
composed by him. 
The collection of Salmnonic proverbs formed by the 
scholars in the service of King Hezekiah. 
W. Jl. Smith, The Old Testament in the Jewish Church, 
[p. 122. 
salon (sa-16n'), n. [F. : see saloon.'] An apart- 
ment for the reception of company ; a saloon ; 
hence, a fashionable gathering or assemblage. 
saloon 1 (sa-16n'), . [< F. salon (= Sp. salon = 
Pg. salSo = It. salone), a large room, a hall, < 
OF. sale, F. salle = Pr. Sp. Pg. It. sala, a room, 
chamber, < ML. sala, a hall, room, chamber, < 
OHG. MHG. *tt/, a dwelling, house, hall, room, 
chamber: see salc z .~\ 1. Any spacious or ele- 
gant apartment for the reception of company, 
or for the exhibition of works of art ; a hall of re- 
ception. 
What Mr. Lovelace saw of the house which were the 
saloon and the parlours was perfectly elegant. 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, III. 352 (Hall's Mod. Eng., 
[p. 251). 
2. A hall for public entertainments or amuse- 
ment; also, an apartment for specific public 
use: as, the saloon of a steamer (that is, the 
main cabin); a refreshment saloon. 
The gilded saloons in which the first magnates of the 
realm . . . gave banquets and balls. Macaulay. 
3. A place where intoxicating liquors are sold 
and drunk; a grog-shop. [U.S.] 
The restriction of one saloon to every 600 people would 
diminish the number in New York from 10,000 to 2,500. 
Harper's Weekly, XXXIII. 42. 
Saloon rifle. See ri/fea. 
saloon' 2 !, " An erroneous form of shalloon. 
saloon-car (sa-lon'kiir), n. A drawing-room 
car on a railroad. [U. S.] 
saloonist (sa-16'nist), n. [< saloon 1 + -ist.] A 
saloon-keeper; one who supports the saloons. 
[U. S.] 
Any persistent effort to enforce the Sunday laws against 
the saloon is met by the saloonist with the counter-effort 
to enforce the laws against legitimate business. 
Pop. Sci. 3/o., XXX. 16. 
Saloon-keeper (sa-16u'ke"per), . One who 
keeps a saloon for the retailing of liquors. 
[U. S.] 
saloop (sa-16'p'), M. A drink prepared from sas- 
safras-bark ; sassafras-tea. 
There is a composition, the ground-work of which I have 
understood to be the sweet wood yclept sassafras. This 
wood boiled down to a kind of tea, and tempered with an 
infusion of milk and sugar, hath to some tastes a delicacy 
beyond the China luxury. . . . This is saloop. 
Lamb, Chimney-sweepers. 
Sassafras tea, flavoured with milk and sugar, is sold at 
daybreak In the streets of London under the name of 
mloop. 
Pfreira's Materia Mrdiea, quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., 
[VII. S5. 
Considered as a sovereign cure for drunkenness, and 
pleasant withal, saloop, first sold at street corners, where 
it was consumed principally about the hour of midnight, 
eventually found its way into the coffee houses. The in- 
gredients used in the preparation of this beverage were of 
several kinds sassafras and plants of the genus known 
by the simplers as cuckoo-flowers being the principal 
among them. Tuer, London Cries, p. 13. 
saloop-bush (sa-16p'bush), w. See liliagodia. 
Salop, See salep. 
Salopian 1 (sa-16'pi-an), n. and . [< Salo/i (see 
def.) + -MH.] I. a. Of or pertaining to Salop, 
or Shropshire, a western county of England. 
Salopian ware, a name given to the Roman pottery found 
in Shropshire, or thought to have been made there. 
II. . An inhabitant of Shropshire. 
