資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Salve \Salve\ (?; 277), n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG.
salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva,
Goth. salb[=o]n to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) ?
oil, ? butter, Skr. sarpis clarified butter. [root]155, 291.]
1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to
wounds or sores; a healing ointment. --Chaucer.
2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy
sores. --Milton.
{Salve bug} (Zo["o]l.), a large, stout isopod crustacean
({[AE]ga psora}), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, --
used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It
becomes about two inches in length.