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Definition of Salve
1. Noun. Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.
Specialized synonyms: Arnica, Baby Oil, Balsam, Carron Oil, Cerate, Chrism, Chrisom, Holy Oil, Sacramental Oil, Lip Balm, Mentholated Salve, Mercurial Ointment, Zinc Ointment
Generic synonyms: Curative, Cure, Remedy, Therapeutic
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Terms within: Lanolin, Wool Fat, Wool Grease
2. Verb. Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.
Generic synonyms: Deliver, Rescue
Derivative terms: Salvage, Salvage, Salvager, Salvage, Salvage, Salvation, Saver
3. Noun. Anything that remedies or heals or soothes. "He needed a salve for his conscience"
4. Verb. Apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing. "Did he salve his foot? "
Definition of Salve
1. interj. Hail!
2. v. t. To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute.
3. n. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
4. v. t. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
5. v. t. & i. To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
Definition of Salve
1. Noun. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects. ¹
2. Noun. Any thing or action that soothes or heals. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To calm or assuage. ¹
4. Verb. To salvage. ¹
5. Verb. (obsolete) An astronomical term meaning to save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies). ¹
6. Verb. (obsolete) to resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction). ¹
7. Verb. (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Salve
1. to soothe [v SALVED, SALVING, SALVES] - See also: soothe
Medical Definition of Salve
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1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
2. A soothing remedy or antidote. "Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salve
Literary usage of Salve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody; an Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase, William Wesley Cook (1920)
"Where the skin is broken, as in ulcers and bruises, I use it without the verdigris,
making a white salve, even superior to "Peleg White's old salve. ..."
2. Dr. Chase's Recipes: Or, Information for Everybody; an Invaluable Collection by Alvin Wood Chase, William Wesley Cook (1920)
"Where the skin is broken, as in ulcers and bruises, I use it without the verdigris,
making a white salve, even superior to "Peleg White's old salve. ..."
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