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Webster 1913 Edition

Salient

Sa′li-ent

,
Adj.
[L.
saliens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
salire
to leap; cf. F.
saillant
. See
Sally
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
I.
.]
1.
Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
“Frogs and salient animals.”
Sir T. Browne.
2.
Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
He had in himself a
salient
, living spring of generous and manly action.
Burke.
3.
Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.
He [Grenville] had neither
salient
traits, nor general comprehensiveness of mind.
Bancroft.
4.
(Math. & Fort.)
Projecting outwardly;
as, a
salient
angle
; – opposed to
reentering
. See Illust. of
Bastion
.
5.
(Her.)
Represented in a leaping position;
as, a lion
salient
.
Salient angle
.
See
Salient
,
Adj.
, 4.
–
Salient polygon
(Geom.)
,
a polygon all of whose angles are salient.
–
Salient polyhedron
(Geom.)
,
a polyhedron all of whose solid angles are salient.

Sa′li-ent

,
Adj.
(Fort.)
A salient angle or part; a projection.

Webster 1828 Edition

Salient

SA'LIENT

,
Adj.
[L. saliens, salio, to leap.]
1.
Leaping; an epithet in heraldry applied to a lion or other beast, represented in a leaping posture, with his right foot in the dexter point, and his hinder left foot in the sinister base of the escutcheon, by which it is distinguished from rampant.
2.
In fortification, projecting; as a salient angle. A salient angle points outward, and is opposed to a re-entering angle, which points inward.

SA'LIENT

,
Adj.
[L. saliens, from salio, to leap or shoot out.]
1.
Leaping; moving by leaps; as frogs.
2.
Beating; throbbing; as the heart.
3.
Shooting out or up; springing; darting; as a salient sprout.

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