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Definition of Oversalting
1. oversalt [v] - See also: oversalt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversalting
Literary usage of Oversalting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farmer's Cyclopedia of Live Stock by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Clarence Beaman Smith (1908)
"When properly handled, cattle should arrive at the stock yards dry behind and
ready for a good fill of water. oversalting and watering stock —Many shippers ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"The prince returned and scolded the cook for oversalting the dinner. The cook
declared his innocence, but in vain. The next day, just the same occurred. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1878)
"The prince returned and scolded the cook for oversalting the dinner. The cook
declared his innocence, butin vain. The next day just the same occurred. ..."
4. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"... verrenken to dislocate (den Arm verrenken), sich an jemandem vergreifen to
lay violent hands on someone, versalzen to spoil by oversalting, ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"To classify the processes generally, we need but say simply—oversalting is the
rule, proper salting the exception. ..."
6. Wilson's Photographics: A Series of Lessons, Accompanied by Notes, on All by Edward Livingston Wilson (1881)
"Again, oversalting will make the printing slow and tedious, and the blacks will
be feeble and of a reddish tint; measly spots are apt to show, and the whole ..."
7. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by G. W. Hastings, Andr. Edgar, Edw. Pears, Ch. W. Ryalls (1868)
"Smoking the firkins, oversalting and over- holding, were great causes of complaint,
and altering the brand was a great injury to the trade. ..."
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