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Webster 1913 Edition


Saline

Sa′line

(? or ?; 277)
,
Adj.
[F.
salin
, fr. L.
sal
salt: cf. L.
salinae
salt works,
salinum
saltcellar. See
Salt
.]
1.
Consisting of salt, or containing salt;
as,
saline
particles;
saline
substances; a
saline
cathartic
.
2.
Of the quality of salt; salty;
as, a
saline
taste
.

Sa′line

(? or ?; 277)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
saline
. See
Saline
,
Adj.
]
A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

Sal′ine

,
Noun.
1.
(Chem.)
A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
[Written also
salin
.]
2.
(Med. Chem.)
A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.

Webster 1828 Edition


Saline

SALI'NE

,

Definition 2024


Saline

Saline

See also: saline

German

Noun

Saline f (genitive Saline, plural Salinen)

  1. salt pan (salt evaporation pond)

Derived terms

saline

saline

See also: Saline

English

Adjective

saline (comparative more saline, superlative most saline)

  1. Containing salt; salty.
  2. Resembling salt.
    a saline taste

Translations

Noun

saline (plural salines)

  1. Water containing dissolved salt.
  2. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

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French

Adjective

saline

  1. feminine singular of salin

Italian

Adjective

saline

  1. feminine plural of salino

Noun

saline f

  1. plural of salina

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