salve

[salve]

A salve is something that soothes. You can use an ointment as a salve for an itchy rash, or maybe your kind words can act as a salve to comfort a heartsick friend.

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Noun
anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience"

Noun
semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

Verb
apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing

Verb
save from ruin, destruction, or harm

interj.
Hail!

v. t.
To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute.

n.
An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.

n.
A soothing remedy or antidote.

n.
To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.

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.

v. t. & i.
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.

Salve

Sal"ve , interj. [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of salvere to be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.] Hail!

Salve

Sal"ve (? ∨ ?), v. t. To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.]
By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them.

Salve

Salve (?; 277), n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salva, Goth. salbn to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) oil, butter, Skr. sapris clarified butter. &root;155, 291.] 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.
Salve bug (Zo'94l.), a large, stout isopod crustacean ('92ga psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.

Salve

Salve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Salving.] [AS. sealfian to anoint. See Salve, n.] 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.
What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence?

Salve

Salve , v. t. & i. [See Salvage] To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [Recent]

Hail!

To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute.

An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.

To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial traetment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.

To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.

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Usage Examples

Patience is sorrow's salve.

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