saline
saline is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
- 2.A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
- 3.(Chem.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. [Written also salin.]
- 4.(Med. Chem.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste called?
- What is a salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth called?
- What is a crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. [Written also salin.] called?
- What is a metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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