GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Saline (? or ?; 277), a. [F. salin, fr. L. sal salt: cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See Salt.]
   1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, “saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic”.
   
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   2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, “a saline taste”.
   
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   Saline (? or ?; 277), n. [Cf. F. saline. See Saline, a.] A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
   
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   Saline (?), n.
   1. (Chem.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. [Written also salin.]
   
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   2. (Med. Chem.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
   
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