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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack.

[Obs.]

Noun.

[Cf.

A salvor.

Skeat.

Noun.

[Sp.

salva

pregustation, the tasting of viands before they are served, salver, fr.

salvar

to save, to taste, to prove the food or drink of nobles, from L.

salvare

to save. See

A tray or waiter on which anything is presented.

Noun.

A piece of plate with a foot; or a plate on which any thing is presented.