Quacksalver \Quack"sal*ver\, n. [D. kwakzalver; cf. kwakzalven to quack or boast of one's salves. See {Quack}, {Salve}, n.] One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank. [Obs.] --Burton. [1913 Webster] Quad