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Salve \Salve\ (?; 277), n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG.
salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva,
Goth. salb[=o]n to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) ?
oil, ? butter, Skr. sarpis clarified butter. [root]155, 291.]
1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to
wounds or sores; a healing ointment. --Chaucer.
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2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
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Counsel or consolation we may bring.
Salve to thy sores. --Milton.
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{Salve bug} (Zool.), a large, stout isopod crustacean ({Aega
psora}), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by
fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about
two inches in length.
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