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Definition of Oversalted
1. oversalt [v] - See also: oversalt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversalted
Literary usage of Oversalted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"Salt is good," but how shall fish be made saleable and eatable if oversalted ?
The reform suggested, is almost the only mea sure left that promises ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... of the bad household arrangements of the email farms, the butter manufactured
is often dirty and unwholesome ; and it is also frequently oversalted. ..."
3. A History of the New England Fisheries: With Maps by Raymond McFarland (1911)
"The fish, although good when caught, had been oversalted in curing them. They were
unmerchantable, and the business in Maine was discontinued. ..."
4. Norway by Beatrix Jungman (1905)
"... where the cattle are kept in summer, and on account of the heat is very much
oversalted before being sent down. ..."
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