Thesaurus: salve

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1. interj. Hail!
2. v. t. To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute.
3. n. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
4. n. A soothing remedy or antidote.
5. n. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
6. n. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
7. v. t. & i. To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
8. n. semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
9. n. anything that remedies or heals or soothes
10. v. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
11. v. apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
12. Hail! To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.] By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them. Spenser. 1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment. Chaucer. 2. A soothing remedy or antidote. Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores. Milton. Salve bug (Zoöl.), a large, stout isopod crustacean (Æga psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length. 1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial traetment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound. Shak. 2. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over. But Ebranck salved both their infamies With noble deeds. Spenser. What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence Milton. To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [Recent]