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English Dictionary: salter by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salter
n
  1. someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods
  2. someone who makes or deals in salt
    Synonym(s): salter, salt merchant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salt \Salt\, a. [Compar. {Salter}; superl. {Saltest}.] [AS.
      sealt, salt. See {Salt}, n.]
      1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt;
            prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted;
            as, salt beef; salt water. [bd]Salt tears.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt
            marsh; salt grass.
  
      3. Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.
  
                     I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me. --Shak.
  
      4. Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salter \Salt"er\, n.
      One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or
      fish.
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