Definition of Drysalter

1. n. A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs.

Definition of Drysalter

1. Noun. A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in preservation. ¹

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Definition of Drysalter

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drysalter

dryness
drynesses
drynurse
drynursed
drynurses
drynursing
dryobalanops
dryolestid
dryolestids
dryopithecine
dryopithecines
drypis
drypoint
drypoints
drys
drysalter (current term)
drysalteries
drysalters
drysaltery
drysdallite
drystone
drystones
drysuit
drysuited
drysuits
dryte
dryth
dryths
drytt
drywall

Literary usage of Drysalter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Magazine, Or, Miscellany of Polite Literature Comprehending an (1823)
"BY EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE, CITIZEN AND drysalter. THIS is one of the most amusing parlour-window books that we have lately seen : its design is somewhat ..."

2. The American Monthly Magazine (1837)
"Mr. Summery not in yet 1" asked Mr. Ebenezer drysalter, as he hung his hat upon a pin in his counting-room on the ensuing morning. ..."

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