SALVE
Salve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salved; p. pr. & vb. n. Salving.] Etym:
[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. Spenser. What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence Milton.
SALVE
Salve, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Salvage]
Defn: To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
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SALVER
Salv"er, n.
Defn: One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack. [Obs.]
SALVER
Sal"ver, n. Etym: [Cf. Salvage.]
Defn: A salvor. Skeat.
SALVER Sal"ver, n. Etym: [Sp. salva pregustation, the tasting of viands before they are served, salver, fr. salvar to save, to taste, to prove the food or drink of nobles, from L. salvare to save. See Save.]