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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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"Salving" Quotes from Famous Books

... 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