Saline
[\N]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. SALI'NE ,
2. SALINIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin
sal, salinum, and fero, to produce.] Producing salt.
Saline
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
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.
3. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
Saline
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. A crude potash obtained from
beet-root residues and other similar sources.
2. A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium,
lithium, or
magnesium, used in medicine.
The quality or state of being salt; saltness.
