Vocabulary : Salsamentarious to Saltant

Salsamentarious : Salt; salted; saline.
Salse : A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.
Salsify : See Oyster plant (a), under Oyster.
Salso-acid : Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.
Salsoda : See Sal soda, under Sal.

Salsola : A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.
salsuginous : Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.
Salt : Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia. ;; 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. ;; Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning. ;; Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt. ;; A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar. ;; A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. ;; 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. ;; 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 gr
Salt rheum : A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema.
Saltant : Leaping; jumping; dancing. ;; In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.

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