- (a.) A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
- (n.) A metallic salt; especially, a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium or magnesium, used in medicine.
- (a.) Consisting of salt or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
- (n.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
- (a.) Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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