salt-marsh 
waters of estuaries, or the outlets of rivers 
which, in consequence of proximity to the sen, 
are more or less impregnated with salt. Salt- 
marsh caterpillar, the hairy larva of an arctiid moth. 
SpUogoma acrsea, one of the woolly-bears, which feeds 
commonly on the salt-grass of the sea-coast of New 
England. Salt-marsh fleabane. See Pluchea. Salt- 
marsh hen. Same as marsh-hen (ft). Salt-marsh ter- 
rapin, the diamond-backed turtle. See diamond-backed, 
and cut under terrapin. 
saltmaster (salt'mas <r ter), . One who owns, 
leases, or works a salt-mine or salt-well ; a salt- 
producer. 
The cost of that salt is likely to become dearer now to 
the soMmasten on account of the increased price of coal. 
Tltc Engineer, LXVII1. 834. 
salt-mill (s&lt'mil), n. A mill for pulverizing 
coarse salt in order to prepare it for table use. 
salt-mine (salt'mln), n. A mine where rock- 
salt is obtained. 
salt-money (salt'mun'i), . See motiteni. 
saltness (salt'nes), . [< ME. "saltncsse, < AS. 
sealtnes, sealtnis, saltnisse, < sealt, salt (see salt 1 ), 
+ -ness.'] The property or state of being salt; 
impregnation with salt: as, the saltness of sea- 
water or of provisions. 
Men ought to find the difference between *tdtn< *x and 
bitterness. Bacon, Discourse. 
And the great Plain joyning to the dead Sea, which, by 
reason of it's saltness, might be thought unserviceable 
both for Cattle, Corn, Olives, and Vines, had yet it's prop- 
er usefulness, for the nourishment of Bees, and for the 
Fabrick of Honey. Matmdrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 66. 
salto (sal'to), a. [It., < L. sul in*, a leap: see 
salt 2 , sault."] Inmusic, sameassfcipl. A melody 
characterized by frequent skips is said to be 
Hi salto. 
saltorel (sal'tQ-rel), H. [Dim. of saltier (OF. 
saulloir): see saltier 1 .'] In her., same as saltier 1 . 
salt-pan (salt'pan), H. A large shallow pan or 
vessel in which salt water or brine is evapo- 
rated in order to obtain salt. The term Is also ap- 
plied, especially In the plural, to salt-works and to natu- 
ral or artificial ponds or sheets of water in which salt is 
produced by evaporation. 
saltpeter, saltpetre (salt-pe'ter), . [An al- 
tered form, simulating writ*, of early mod. E. sal- 
peter, < ME. salpetre = D. G. Dan. Sw. salpeter, 
< OF. salpetre, salpestre, F. salpetre, < ML. sal- 
petra, prop, two words, salpetrse, lit. ' salt of the 
rock': L. sal, salt; petrse, gen. of pctra, a rock: 
see pier, peter 1 ."] A salt called also niter and, 
in chemical nomenclature, potassium nitrate, or 
nitrate of potash. See niter chili saltpeter, 
sodium nitrate. Ounny of saltpeter. See gunny. 
Saltpeter-and-sulphur grinding-milL See grinding- 
mill. Saltpeter rot, a white, floccular, crystalline ef- 
florescence which sometimes forms In new or damp walls 
where potassium nitrate is generated, and, working its 
way to the surface, carries off large patches of paint. Also 
called sallpetering. Saltpeter war, the war of Chili 
against Peru and Bolivia, 1870-83, for the possession of 
niter- and guano-beds claimed by both parties. 
saltpetering (salt-pe'ter-ing), H. [< saltpeter + 
-(//.] Same as saltpeter rot (which see, under 
saltpeter). 
saltpetre, . See saltpeter. 
saltpetrous (salt-pe'trus), a. [OF. salpestre n JT : 
as saltpeter + -ous.~\ Pertaining to, of the na- 
ture of, or impregnated with saltpeter: as, salt- 
petrous sandstone. 
salt-pit (salt'pit), n. A pit where salt is ob- 
tained; a salt-pan. 
salt-raker (salt'ra"ker), . One employed in 
raking or collecting salt in natural salt-ponds 
or in inclosures from the sea. Simmonds. 
salt-rheum (salt'rom'), . A vague and indef- 
inite popular name applied to almost all non- 
febrile cutaneous eruptions which are common 
among adults, except perhaps ringworm and 
itch Salt-rheum weed, the turtlehead, Chelone gla- 
bra, a reputed remedy for salt-rheum. 
salt-rising (salt'ri 'zing), H. A leaven or yeast 
for raising bread, consisting of a salted batter 
of flour or meal. [Western U. 8.] 
Salt River (salt riv'er). An imaginary river, 
up which defeated politicians and political par- 
ties are supposed to be sent to oblivion. "The 
phrase to row up Salt Ricer has its origin in the fact that 
there is a small stream of that name in Kentucky, the 
passage of which is made difficult and laborious as well by 
its tortuous course as by the abundance of shallows and 
bars. The real application of the phrase is to the unhap- 
py wight who has the task of propelling the boat up the 
stream ; but i n political or sUng usage it is to those who 
are rowed up." J.Inman. (Barttett.) Togo row or be 
sent up Salt River, to be defeated. [U. S. political 
slang.] 
salt-salert, - A Middle English form of xalt- 
cellar. 
salt-sedativet (salt'sed'a-tiv), " Boracic acid. 
Ure. 
salt-slivered (salt'sliv*'erd), a. Slivered and 
salted, as fish for bait. Menhaden are usually so 
5320 
treated, and a mackereler carries 20 ban-els or more <>f 
such bait. [Trade use.] 
salt-spoon (salt'spon), . A small spoon, usu- 
ally having a round and rather deep bowl, 
used in serving salt at table. 
salt-spring (salt'spving), . A spring of salt 
water; a brine-spring. 
Salt-stand (salt'stand), H. Same as nnlt-i-i-llar. 
salt-tree (salt'tre), n. A leguminous tree, 
ilaliiHotleiulron aryrntt'iiw, with hoary pinnate 
leaves, growing in Asiatic Russia. 
saltus (sal'tus), . [< L. saltns, a leap: see 
xn nit 1 .'] I. A breach of continuity in time, 
motion, or line. 2. In logic, a leap from prem- 
ises to conclusion ; an unwary or unwarranted 
inference. 
salt-water (saU'wa'ter), . In sool., inhabit- 
ing salt water or the sea : as, a salt-water fish; 
a salt-water infusorian. Salt-water fluke. See 
/*-', 1 (6). Salt-water marsh-hen. See marsh-hen 
W Salt-water minnow. See minnow, 2 (6). -Salt- 
water perch, snail, tailor, teal, etc. See the nouns. 
salt-works (salt' werks), . sing. oipl. A house 
or place where salt is made. 
saltwort (salt'wert), . [< salt 1 + wort 1 .'] A 
name of several maritime plants, particularly 
the alkaline plants Salsola Kali (also called 
prickly glusswort) and S. oppositifolia : applied 
also to the glassworts Salicornin. The two gen- 
era are alike in habit and uses. See alkali and 
glasstcort.- Black saltwort. See Giaux.-West In- 
dian saltwort, /'"''' inariHma of the West Indies and 
Florida. 
salty (sal'ti), a. [= Q. salzig ; as salt 1 + -yi.] 
Somewhat salt; saltish. 
Many a pleasant Island, which the monks of old re- 
claimed from the *<tl'/i marshes, and planted with gardens 
and vineyards. HoiveUs, Venetian Life, xxi. 
saluberrimet, . [< L. saluberrimus, super!, of 
salubrin, healthful, wholesome : see salubrious.] 
Most salubrious or beneficial or wholesome. 
All vacabondes and tnyghty beggers, the which gothe 
beggynge from dore to dore & ayleth lytell or nought with 
lame men and crepylles, come vnto me, and I shall gyue 
you an almesse sahiberri/me & of grete vertue. 
Watson, tr. of Brandt's Ship of Fools, Prol. 
salubrious (sa-lu'bri-us), . [With added suf- 
fix -ous (cf. F. Sp. Pg. It. salubre), < L. salubris, 
healthful, healthy, wholesome, < solas (salut-), 
health: see salute.} Favorable to health ; pro- 
moting health ; wholesome: as, salubrious air. 
The warm limbec draws 
Salubrious waters from the nocent brood. 
J. Philips, Cider, 1. 
Religions, like the sun, take their course from east to 
west : traversing the globe, they are not all equally tem- 
perate, equally salubrious; they dry up some lands, and 
Inundate others. 
Landor, Imaginary Conversations, Asinius Pollio and 
[ Ui-iniiiB Calvus, ii. 
= Syn. Wholesome, etc. See healthy. 
salubriously (sa-lu'bri-us-li), adv. In a salu- 
brious manner; so as to promote health, 
salubriousness(sa-lu'bri-us-nes), . Salubrity, 
salubrity (sa-lu'bri-ti), . [< F. salubrite = 
Sp. salubridad = Pg. salubridade = It. salu- 
brita, <L.af6rifas(-tae-),healthfulness, (.salu- 
bris, healthful: see salubrious."] The state or 
character of being salubrious or wholesome; 
healthful character or condition ; healthf ulness ; 
as, the salubrity of mountain air. 
Drink the wild air's salubrity. 
Emerson, Conduct of Life. 
They eulogized . . . the salubrity of the climate. 
Bancroft, Hist. I'. 8., I. 160. 
saludadort, . [Sp., a quack who professes to 
cure by prayers, also a saluter, < L. salntator, < 
salutare, greet: see salute 1 .'] A false priest; an 
impostor who pretended to cure diseases by 
prayers and incantations. 
His Mu'; was discoursing with the Bishops concerning 
miracles, and what strange things the Saludadort would 
iu Spalne, as by creeping into heated ovens without 
hurt, and that they had a black crosse in the roof e of their 
in< >ut In-*, but yet were commonly notorious and profane 
wretches. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 16, 1685. 
saluet, *'. t. [Also saleice; < ME. saluea, < OF. 
saluer, greet, salute: see salute 1 ."] To salute; 
greet. 
The busy larke, messager of daye, 
Sahttth in hire song the morwe graye. 
Chaucer, Knight r s Tale, 1. 634. 
saluet, . [ME., < OF. salut, < L. solus (salut-), 
health: see salute 1 , salute^.] Health; salva- 
tion. Also saleice. 
With thi rigt, lord, mercy mynge, 
And to my soule goosteli mlue thou sende. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 173. 
salufer (sal'u-fer), n. Silicofluoride of sodium, 
used as an antiseptic. 
saluingt, . [ME., verbal n. of Halne. r.] Salu- 
tation; greeting. 
salutatory 
Ther nas no good day, ne no saluing. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 791. 
salutarily (sal'u-ta-ri-li), ntlr. In a salutary 
manner; beneficially. 
salutariness (sal'u-ta-ri-nes), . 1. The prop- 
erty of being salutary or wholesome. Johnson. 
2. The property of promoting benefit or pros- 
perity. 
salutary (sal'u-ta-ri), . [= F. xnlnt<tirr = Pg. 
xalutar = It. salutare, < L. xalutaris, healthful, 
< sains (n(ilut-), health: see salute 1 .] 1. Whole- 
some ; healthful ; healing. 
Although Abana and Pharpar. rivers of Damascus, were 
of greater name and current, yet they were not so xnl uta i </ 
as the waters of Jordan to cure Naaman's leprosy. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. -J.s. 
How many have murdered both stranger and friend by 
advising a medicament which to others may perhaps have 
been salutary .' Landor, Imaginary Conversations, Epi- 
[curus and Metrodorua. 
2. Promotive of or contributing to some bene- 
ficial purpose ; beneficial ; profitable. 
We entertain no doubt that the Revolution was, on the 
whole, a most salutary event for France. 
Macaulay, Mill on Government. 
= Syn. 1. Salubrious, etc. See healthy. t. Useful, ad- 
vantageous, favorable. 
salutation (sal-u-ta'shon), . [< ME. suluta- 
fioii, salutaciouii, < OF. (and F.) salutation = 
Pr. Sp. salutacion = Pg. saudacSo = It. saluta- 
:ionr, < L. salutatio(n-), salutation, < salutare, 
pp. salutatus, salute : see salute 1 , v.~\ 1 . The act 
of saluting or greeting, or of paying respect or 
reverence by customary words or actions or 
forms of address ; also, that which is spoken, 
written, or done in the actof saluting or greeting. 
It may consist in the expression of kind wishes, bowing, 
uncovering the head, clasping hands, embracing, or the 
like : technically applied to liturgical greetings, especially 
to those between the officiating clergyman and the people. 
And .v. myle from Jherusalem, into ye whiche nous of 
Zacbarye, after the salutacion of the aungell and the con- 
copcion of Criste, the moste blessyd Virgyne, goynge into 
the monntaynes with grete spede, entred and saluted 
Elyzabeth. Sir R. Ouylfurde, Pylgrymage, p. 38. 
Al the bretheren grete you. Crete ye one another wyth 
an holy kysse. The mlutacimn of me Paule wyth myne 
owne hande. Bible of 1551, 1 Cor. xvi. 20. 
The early village-cock 
Hath twice done talutation to the morn. 
Shak., Rich. III., v. 3. 210. 
Out into the yard sallied mine host himself also, to do 
fitting salutation to his new guests. 
Scott, Kenilworth, xix. 
He made a salutation, or, to speak nearer he truth, an 
ill-defined, abortive attempt at courtesy. 
Hawthorne, Seven Gables, vii. 
2t. Quickening ; excitement ; stimulus. 
For why should others' false adulterate eyes 
Give salutation to my sportive blood ? 
Shak., Sonnets, cxxi. 
Angelic salutation. Same as Am Maria (which see, un- 
der ave). Salutation of our Ladyt, the Annunciation. 
= 8yn. 1. Greeting, Salutation, Salute. A greeting gener- 
ally expresses a person's sense of pleasure or good wishes 
upon meeting another. Salutation and salute are by deri- 
vation a wishing of health, and are still modified by that 
idea. A salutation is personal, a salute official or formal ; 
salutation suggests the act of the person saluting, xdutr is 
the thing done ; a salutation is generally in words, a salute 
may be by cheers, the dipping of colors, the roll of drums, 
the firing of cannon, etc. 
Salutation and greeting to you all ! 
Shak., As yon Like it, v. 4. 39. 
On whom the angel Hall 
Bestow'd ; the holy salutation used 
Long after to blest Mary, second Eve. 
Milton, P. L., v. 386. 
; my rnliiir,' unknightly with flat hand, 
However lightly, smote her on the cheek. 
Tennyson, Geraiut. 
salutatorian (sa-lu-ta-to'ri-an), . [< salu- 
tatory + -an."] In American colleges, the mem- 
ber of a graduating class who pronounces the 
salutatory oration at the annual commence- 
ment exercises. 
salutatorily (sa-lu'ta-to-ri-li), aar. By way of 
salutation. Imp. Diet. 
salutatory (sa-lu'ta-to-ri), a. and w. [= It. 
xalHtatoHo, < E. saliitatorius, pertaining to visit- 
ing or greeting, < salutare, salute, greet : see 
salute 1 .] I. o. Of the nature of or pertaining 
to salutation: as, a salutatory address. 
H. .; pi. salutatories (-riz). It. In the early 
church, an apartment belonging to a church, or 
a part of the diaconicum or sacristy, in which 
the clergy received the greetings of the people. 
Coming to the Bishop with Supplication into the Saluta- 
torjf, some out Porch of the Church, he was charg'd by him 
of tyrannical! marines against God, for comming into holy 
ground. Miltmi, Reformation in Eng., li. 
2. The oration, usually in Latin, delivered by 
the student who ranks second in his class, with 
