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

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

Salve v. t. (past & past part. salved; pres. part. salving)

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

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?"

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Salving" Quotes from Famous Books

... Wilmshurst left the camp, accompanied by the full platoon, to attempt the salving of the crippled seaplane. It was a comparatively easy matter to follow the tracks of the two airmen, for the down-trodden grass and the frequent sights of wisps of clothing adhering to the briars and thorns were evidences of a spoor that even ...

— Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force • Percy F. Westerman

... and salving his injuries bodily and spiritual with a liberal douceur, Lanyard exacted an oath of silence, then turned ...

— The False Faces • Vance, Louis Joseph

... while he could steer after a fashion, it was very awkward. Ole Ericsen bethought himself of a large piece of sheet steel in the empty hold. It was in fact a plate from the side of the New Jersey, a steamer which had recently been wrecked outside the Golden Gate, and in the salving of which the ...

— Tales of the Fish Patrol • Jack London

... duty, Miss Lupton was salving her conscience by being extra severe now. She hurried ...

— The Highgrader • William MacLeod Raine

... quite ignorant of the ways of modern love-making, of the scruples in vogue and the various styles of conversation invented since 1830, which led to the poor weak woman being regarded as the victim of her lover's desires—a Sister of Charity salving a ...

— Cousin Betty • Honore de Balzac