[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a
      wound. --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            but ebranck salved both their infamies
            with noble deeds.                     --spenser.
      1913 webster

            what may we do, then, to salve this seeming
            inconsistence?                        --milton.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster
see also:
salved salving salve 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

salve \sal"ve\, interj. l., hail, god save you, imperat. of
   salvere to be well. cf. salvo a volley.
   hail
   1913 webster
see also:
salvo 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

salve \sal"ve\ ? or ?, v. t.
   to say "salve" to; to greet; to salute. obs.
   1913 webster

         by this that stranger knight in presence came,
         and goodly salved them.                  --spenser.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

salve \salve\ ?; 277, n. as. sealf ointment; akin to lg.
   salwe, d. zalve, zalf, ohg. salba, dan. salve, sw. salfva,
   goth. salb=on to anoint, and probably to gr. hesychius ?
   oil, ? butter, skr. sarpis clarified butter. root155, 291.
   1. an adhesive composition or substance to be applied to
      wounds or sores; a healing ointment. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. a soothing remedy or antidote.
      1913 webster

            counsel or consolation we may bring.
            salve to thy sores.                   --milton.
      1913 webster

   salve bug zool., a large, stout isopod crustacean aega
      psora, parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by
      fishermen in the preparation of a salve. it becomes about
      two inches in length.
      1913 webster
see also:
salve bug aega psora 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

salve \salve\, v. t.  i. see salvage
   to save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
   recent
   1913 webster
see also:
salvage 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

salve
     n 1: semisolid preparation usually containing a medicine
          applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an
          irritation syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm
     2: anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a
        salve for his conscience"
     v 1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm syn: salvage, relieve,
           save
     2: apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
see also:
ointment unction unguent balm salvage relieve 
save 

[7] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

146 moby thesaurus words for "salve":
   trinkgeld, abate, aid, allay, alleviate, alleviative, alleviator,
   anesthetize, anodyne, anoint, appease, assuage, assuagement,
   assuager, balm, balsam, beeswax, benumb, bonus, bounty, bribe,
   brilliantine, calmative, cerate, chrism, cold cream, collyrium,
   comfort, consideration, counterirritant, cream, cushion, daub,
   deaden, deaden the pain, demulcent, diminish, dolorifuge, donative,
   dope, dose, double time, dress, dressing, drug, dull, ease,
   ease matters, embrocate, embrocation, emollient, eye-lotion,
   eyewash, eyewater, face cream, fee, foment, give relief,
   glycerolate, gratuity, gravy, grease, grease the wheels,
   hand lotion, honorarium, incentive pay, inducement, inunction,
   inunctum, lagniappe, lanolin, lard, largess, lay, lenitive, lessen,
   liberality, liniment, lotion, lubricant, lubricate, lull, medicate,
   mitigate, mitigator, moderator, modulator, mollifier, mollify,
   narcotic, nard, numb, oil, ointment, opiate, pacificator, pacifier,
   pad, palliate, palliative, palm oil, peacemaker, perks, perquisite,
   pomade, pomatum, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, pourboire,
   premium, reduce, relief, relieve, remedy, restraining hand,
   salvage, sedative, shock absorber, slacken, slake, slick, slick on,
   smear, smooth the way, soap the ways, soften, something extra,
   soothe, soother, soothing syrup, spikenard, sportula, stabilizer,
   stupe, subdue, sweetener, temperer, tip, tranquilizer, unction,
   unguent, unguentum, vulnerary, wax, wiser head

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