Definition of saline

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Saline (n.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine..

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Hydrometer :: Hydrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc..
Salt :: Salt (v. i.) To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt..
Subsalt :: Subsaline (a.) Moderately saline or salt.
Hydrosulphite :: Hydrosulphite (n.) A saline compound of hydrosulphurous acid and a base.
Salt :: Salt (n.) The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles..
Saline :: Saline (a.) Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic..
Salineness :: Salineness (n.) The quality or state of being salt; saltness.
Saline :: Saline (n.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
Hydrometry :: Hydrometry (n.) The art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc..
Brine :: Brine (n.) Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters..
Saline :: Saline (a.) A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
Salsamentarious :: Salsamentarious (a.) Salt; salted; saline.
Saline :: Saline (a.) Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste..
Freshen :: Freshen (v. t.) To make fresh; to separate, as water, from saline ingredients; to make less salt; as, to freshen water, fish, or flesh..
Sassoline :: Sassoline (n.) Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence..
Sulphocyanide :: Sulphocyanic (a.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous..
Nitromagnesite :: Nitromagnesite (n.) Nitrate of magnesium, a saline efflorescence closely resembling nitrate of calcium..
Bromine :: Bromine (n.) One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite..
Mangrove :: Mangrove (n.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant..
Salinous :: Salinous (a.) Saline.
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