saline.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 (of natural waters, springs, etc.) impregnated with or containing salt or salts.
2 (of food or drink etc.) tasting of salt.
3 of chemical salts.
4 of the nature of a salt.
5 (of medicine) containing a salt or salts of alkaline metals or magnesium.

--n.

1 a salt lake, spring, marsh, etc.
2 a salt-pan or salt-works.
3 a saline substance, esp. a medicine.
4 a solution of salt in water.

salinity n. salinization n. salinometer n. [ME f. L sal salt]

saline.html - n.
a salt lake. [Sp. f. med.L, = salt pit (as SALINE)]

saline.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 (of natural waters, springs, etc.) impregnated with or containing salt or salts.
2 (of food or drink etc.) tasting of salt.
3 of chemical salts.
4 of the nature of a salt.
5 (of medicine) containing a salt or salts of alkaline metals or magnesium.

--n.

1 a salt lake, spring, marsh, etc.
2 a salt-pan or salt-works.
3 a saline substance, esp. a medicine.
4 a solution of salt in water.

salinity n. salinization n. salinometer n. [ME f. L sal salt]

saline.html - {n.} A broiled or fried hamburger patty sometimes containing eggs, milk, bread crumbs, and seasoning. * /James ordered a Salisbury steak for lunch./

saline.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

of or relating to the Salii, a 4th-c. Frankish people living near the River Ijssel, from which the Merovingians were descended.

--n.

a member of this people. [LL Salii]

saline.html - adj.
= SALIAN.

Salic law hist.
1 a law excluding females from dynastic succession, esp. as the alleged fundamental law of the French monarchy.
2 a Frankish law-book extant in Merovingian and Carolingian times. [F Salique or med.L Salicus f. Salii (as SALIAN)]