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   saltate
         v 1: move by saltation; "The sand grains are saltated by the
               wind"
         2: leap or skip, often in dancing; "These fish swim with a
            saltating motion"

English Dictionary: swelled head by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saltation
n
  1. (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface
  2. (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species
  3. an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
    Synonym(s): leap, jump, saltation
  4. taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
    Synonym(s): dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation
  5. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
    Synonym(s): leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salted
adj
  1. (used especially of meats) preserved in salt [syn: salted, salt-cured, brine-cured]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saltwater
n
  1. water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater"
    Synonym(s): seawater, saltwater, brine
    Antonym(s): fresh water, freshwater
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saltwater fish
n
  1. flesh of fish from the sea used as food
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salutation
n
  1. an act of honor or courteous recognition; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday"
    Synonym(s): salute, salutation
  2. (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
    Synonym(s): greeting, salutation
  3. word of greeting used to begin a letter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salutatorian
n
  1. a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises
    Synonym(s): salutatorian, salutatory speaker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salutatory
n
  1. an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)
    Synonym(s): salutatory address, salutatory oration, salutatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salutatory address
n
  1. an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)
    Synonym(s): salutatory address, salutatory oration, salutatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salutatory oration
n
  1. an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises)
    Synonym(s): salutatory address, salutatory oration, salutatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salutatory speaker
n
  1. a graduating student with the second highest academic rank; may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises
    Synonym(s): salutatorian, salutatory speaker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scalded milk
n
  1. milk heated almost to boiling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scolytidae
n
  1. large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees
    Synonym(s): Scolytidae, family Scolytidae, Ipidae, family Ipidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shielded
adj
  1. (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slide down
v
  1. fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
    Synonym(s): slump, slide down, sink
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slow-witted
adj
  1. retarded in intellectual development [syn: backward, half-witted, slow-witted, feebleminded]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slow-wittedness
n
  1. the quality of being mentally slow and limited [syn: denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sold-out
adj
  1. having taken a bribe or bribes; "a sold-out politician"
  2. sold completely in advance; "had a sold-out house for both performances"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Soledad
n
  1. a city in northern Colombia; a suburb of Barranquilla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soledad pine
n
  1. medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
    Synonym(s): Torrey pine, Torrey's pine, soledad pine, grey-leaf pine, sabine pine, Pinus torreyana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solidity
n
  1. the consistency of a solid
    Synonym(s): solidity, solidness
    Antonym(s): porosity, porousness
  2. state of having the interior filled with matter
    Antonym(s): hollowness
  3. the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally; "the solidity of the evidence worked in his favor"; "the solidness of her faith gave her enduring hope"
    Synonym(s): solidity, solidness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solitude
n
  1. a state of social isolation
    Synonym(s): solitude, purdah
  2. the state or situation of being alone
  3. a solitary place
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solitudinarian
n
  1. one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swelled head
n
  1. an exaggerated opinion of your own importance [syn: egotism, self-importance, swelled head]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sal \Sal\ (s[acr]l), n. [L. See {Salt}.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
      Salt.
  
      {Sal absinthii} [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
            carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
            Absinthium}).
  
      {Sal acetosell[91]} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
  
      {Sal alembroth}. (Old Chem.) See {Alembroth}.
  
      {Sal ammoniac} (Chem.), ammonium chloride, {NH4Cl}, a white
            crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
            obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
            is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
            and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
            originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
            temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
            ammonia}.
  
      {Sal catharticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
  
      {Sal culinarius} [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
            chloride.
  
      {Sal Cyrenaicus}. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac} above.
           
  
      {Sal de duobus}, {Sal duplicatum} [NL.] (Old Chem.),
            potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
            supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
            alkaline.
  
      {Sal diureticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
           
  
      {Sal enixum} [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
  
      {Sal gemm[91]} [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
           
  
      {Sal Jovis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
            -- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
  
      {Sal Martis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
            sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
  
      {Sal microcosmicum} [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Microcosmic salt},
            under {Microcosmic}.
  
      {Sal plumbi} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
  
      {Sal prunella}. (Old Chem.) See {Prunella salt}, under 1st
            {Prunella}.
  
      {Sal Saturni} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
            acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
  
      {Sal sedativus} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
            acid.
  
      {Sal Seignette} [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
            Rochelle salt.
  
      {Sal soda} (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under {Sodium}.
  
      {Sal vitrioli} [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
            sulphate.
  
      {Sal volatile}. [NL.]
      (a) (Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac}, above.
      (b) Spirits of ammonia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid.
  
      {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt
            factory. --Knight.
  
      {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline
            efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of
            sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the
            first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to
            Leblanc's process.
  
      {Salt fish}.
            (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar
                  fishes that have been salted and dried for food.
            (b) A marine fish.
  
      {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of
            sea water for the production of salt, employing large
            shallow basins excavated near the seashore.
  
      {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of
            brine; a salimeter.
  
      {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang]
  
      {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang]
  
      {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n.
  
      {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt
            water.
  
      {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid
            moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to
            the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also
            {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and
            {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb
            ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads,
            growing in salt marshes.
  
      {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under
            {Rail}.
  
      {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back.
  
      {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained.
  
      {Salt pan}.
            (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also,
                  a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is
                  evaporated by the heat of the sun.
            (b) pl. Salt works.
  
      {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made.
  
      {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a
            principal ingredient. [U.S.]
  
      {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or
            inclosures from the sea.
  
      {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.]
  
      {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water.
  
      {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron
            argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian
            region and in Siberia.
  
      {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the
            ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also,
            tears.
  
                     Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet
                     salt water blinds them not so much But they can see
                     a sort of traitors here.                     --Shak.
  
      {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner.
  
      {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saltate \Sal"tate\, v. i. [See {Saltant}.]
      To leap or dance. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saltation \Sal*ta"tion\, n. [L. saltatio: cf. F. saltation.]
      1. A leaping or jumping.
  
                     Continued his saltation without pause. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great
            artery.
  
      3. (Biol.) An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or
            appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may
            give rise to new races.
  
                     We greatly suspect that nature does make
                     considerable jumps in the way of variation now and
                     then, and that these saltations give rise to some of
                     the gaps which appear to exist in the series of
                     known forms.                                       --Huxley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saltatorial \Sal`ta*to"ri*al\, a.
      1. Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Same as {Saltatorious}.
            (b) Of or pertaining to the Saltatoria.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saltatorious \Sal`ta*to"ri*ous\, a.
      Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a
      saltatorious insect or leg.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saltatory \Sal"ta*to"ry\, a. [L. saltatorius. See {Saltant}, and
      cf. {Saltire}.]
      Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping
      or dancing.
  
      {Saltatory evolution} (Biol.), a theory of evolution which
            holds that the transmutation of species is not always
            gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked
            variations. See {Saltation}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saltatory \Sal"ta*to"ry\, a. [L. saltatorius. See {Saltant}, and
      cf. {Saltire}.]
      Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping
      or dancing.
  
      {Saltatory evolution} (Biol.), a theory of evolution which
            holds that the transmutation of species is not always
            gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked
            variations. See {Saltation}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Saltatory spasm} (Med.), an affection in which pressure of
            the foot on a floor causes the patient to spring into the
            air, so as to make repeated involuntary motions of hopping
            and jumping. --J. Ross.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salt \Salt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Salting}.]
      1. To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve
            with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt
            fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.
  
      2. To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a
            ship, for the preservation of the timber.
  
      {To salt a mine}, to artfully deposit minerals in a mine in
            order to deceive purchasers regarding its value. [Cant]
  
      {To salt away}, {To salt down}, to prepare with, or pack in,
            salt for preserving, as meat, eggs, etc.; hence,
            colloquially, to save, lay up, or invest sagely, as money.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
      One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
      vessels; one who understands the practical management of
      ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
      seaman.
  
      Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
  
      {Sailor's choice}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus, [or] Lagodon,
            rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called
            also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail}, and
            {salt-water bream}.
      (b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis, [or] Pomadasys,
            chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the
            southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
            {hogfish}, and {pigfish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tautog \Tau*tog"\, n. [The pl. of taut, the American Indian
      name, translated by Roger Williams sheep's heads, and written
      by him tauta[a3]og.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An edible labroid fish ({Haitula onitis}, or {Tautoga
      onitis}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When
      adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred,
      with greenish gray. Called also {blackfish}, {oyster fish},
      {salt-water chub}, and {moll}. [Written also {tautaug}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid.
  
      {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt
            factory. --Knight.
  
      {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline
            efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of
            sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the
            first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to
            Leblanc's process.
  
      {Salt fish}.
            (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar
                  fishes that have been salted and dried for food.
            (b) A marine fish.
  
      {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of
            sea water for the production of salt, employing large
            shallow basins excavated near the seashore.
  
      {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of
            brine; a salimeter.
  
      {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang]
  
      {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang]
  
      {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n.
  
      {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt
            water.
  
      {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid
            moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to
            the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also
            {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and
            {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb
            ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads,
            growing in salt marshes.
  
      {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under
            {Rail}.
  
      {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back.
  
      {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained.
  
      {Salt pan}.
            (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also,
                  a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is
                  evaporated by the heat of the sun.
            (b) pl. Salt works.
  
      {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made.
  
      {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a
            principal ingredient. [U.S.]
  
      {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or
            inclosures from the sea.
  
      {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.]
  
      {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water.
  
      {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron
            argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian
            region and in Siberia.
  
      {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the
            ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also,
            tears.
  
                     Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet
                     salt water blinds them not so much But they can see
                     a sort of traitors here.                     --Shak.
  
      {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner.
  
      {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid.
  
      {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt
            factory. --Knight.
  
      {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline
            efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of
            sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the
            first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to
            Leblanc's process.
  
      {Salt fish}.
            (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar
                  fishes that have been salted and dried for food.
            (b) A marine fish.
  
      {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of
            sea water for the production of salt, employing large
            shallow basins excavated near the seashore.
  
      {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of
            brine; a salimeter.
  
      {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang]
  
      {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang]
  
      {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n.
  
      {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt
            water.
  
      {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid
            moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to
            the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also
            {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and
            {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb
            ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads,
            growing in salt marshes.
  
      {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under
            {Rail}.
  
      {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back.
  
      {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained.
  
      {Salt pan}.
            (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also,
                  a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is
                  evaporated by the heat of the sun.
            (b) pl. Salt works.
  
      {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made.
  
      {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a
            principal ingredient. [U.S.]
  
      {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or
            inclosures from the sea.
  
      {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.]
  
      {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water.
  
      {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron
            argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian
            region and in Siberia.
  
      {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the
            ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also,
            tears.
  
                     Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet
                     salt water blinds them not so much But they can see
                     a sort of traitors here.                     --Shak.
  
      {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner.
  
      {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tailor \Tai"lor\, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF.
      taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a
      cutting, layer for planting. Cf. {Detail}, {Entail},
      {Retail}, {Tally}, n.]
      1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's
            garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer
            garments.
  
                     Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
                     wert a man's tailor.                           --Shak.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The mattowacca; -- called also {tailor herring}.
            (b) The silversides.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Salt-water tailor} (Zo[94]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
            --Bartlett.
  
      {Tailor bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to
            {Orthotomus}, {Prinia}, and allied genera. They are noted
            for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form
            nests. The common Indian species are {O. longicauda},
            which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts
            yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the
            golden-headed tailor bird ({O. coronatus}), which has the
            top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale
            olive-green.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the
            family {Carangid[91]}, valued as a food fish, and widely
            distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and
            Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in
            Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}.
  
      2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the
            family {Labrid[91]}.
  
      Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
               as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid.
  
      {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt
            factory. --Knight.
  
      {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline
            efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of
            sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the
            first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to
            Leblanc's process.
  
      {Salt fish}.
            (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar
                  fishes that have been salted and dried for food.
            (b) A marine fish.
  
      {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of
            sea water for the production of salt, employing large
            shallow basins excavated near the seashore.
  
      {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of
            brine; a salimeter.
  
      {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang]
  
      {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang]
  
      {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n.
  
      {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt
            water.
  
      {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid
            moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to
            the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also
            {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and
            {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}.
  
      {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb
            ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads,
            growing in salt marshes.
  
      {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under
            {Rail}.
  
      {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back.
  
      {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained.
  
      {Salt pan}.
            (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also,
                  a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is
                  evaporated by the heat of the sun.
            (b) pl. Salt works.
  
      {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made.
  
      {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a
            principal ingredient. [U.S.]
  
      {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or
            inclosures from the sea.
  
      {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.]
  
      {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water.
  
      {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron
            argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian
            region and in Siberia.
  
      {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the
            ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also,
            tears.
  
                     Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet
                     salt water blinds them not so much But they can see
                     a sort of traitors here.                     --Shak.
  
      {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner.
  
      {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tailor \Tai"lor\, n. [OF. tailleor, F. tailleur, fr. OF.
      taillier, F. tailler to cut, fr. L. talea a rod, stick, a
      cutting, layer for planting. Cf. {Detail}, {Entail},
      {Retail}, {Tally}, n.]
      1. One whose occupation is to cut out and make men's
            garments; also, one who cuts out and makes ladies' outer
            garments.
  
                     Well said, good woman's tailor . . . I would thou
                     wert a man's tailor.                           --Shak.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The mattowacca; -- called also {tailor herring}.
            (b) The silversides.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The goldfish. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Salt-water tailor} (Zo[94]l.), the bluefish. [Local, U. S.]
            --Bartlett.
  
      {Tailor bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to
            {Orthotomus}, {Prinia}, and allied genera. They are noted
            for the skill with which they sew leaves together to form
            nests. The common Indian species are {O. longicauda},
            which has the back, scapulars, and upper tail coverts
            yellowish green, and the under parts white; and the
            golden-headed tailor bird ({O. coronatus}), which has the
            top of the head golden yellow and the back and wings pale
            olive-green.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the
            family {Carangid[91]}, valued as a food fish, and widely
            distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and
            Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in
            Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}.
  
      2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the
            family {Labrid[91]}.
  
      Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes;
               as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The most important European species are the river, or
               brown, trout ({Salmo fario}), the salmon trout, and the
               sewen. The most important American species are the
               brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
               fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
               the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see {Malma});
               the lake trout (see {Namaycush}); the black-spotted,
               mountain, or silver, trout ({Salmo purpuratus}); the
               golden, or rainbow, trout (see under {Rainbow}); the
               blueback trout (see {Oquassa}); and the salmon trout
               (see under {Salmon}.) The European trout has been
               introduced into America.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of marine fishes
            more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits,
            but not belonging to the same family, especially the
            California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
            southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
            {salt-water trout}, {sea trout}, {shad trout}, and {gray
            trout}. See {Squeteague}, and {Rock trout} under {Rock}.
  
      {Trout perch} (Zo[94]l.), a small fresh-water American fish
            ({Percopsis guttatus}), allied to the trout, but
            resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salutation \Sal`u*ta"tion\, n. [L. salutatio: cf. F. salutation.
      See {Salute}.]
      The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the
      customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or
      expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered
      or done in saluting or greeting.
  
               In all public meetings or private addresses, use those
               forms of salutation, reverence, and decency usual
               amongst the most sober persons.               --Jer. Taylor.
  
      Syn: Greeting; salute; address.
  
      Usage: {Salutation}, {Greeting}, {Salute}. Greeting is the
                  general word for all manner of expressions of
                  recognition, agreeable or otherwise, made when persons
                  meet or communicate with each other. A greeting may be
                  hearty and loving, chilling and offensive, or merely
                  formal, as in the opening sentence of legal documents.
                  Salutation more definitely implies a wishing well, and
                  is used of expressions at parting as well as at
                  meeting. It is used especially of uttered expressions
                  of good will. Salute, while formerly and sometimes
                  still in the sense of either greeting or salutation,
                  is now used specifically to denote a conventional
                  demonstration not expressed in words. The guests
                  received a greeting which relieved their
                  embarrassment, offered their salutations in
                  well-chosen terms, and when they retired, as when they
                  entered, made a deferential salute.
  
                           Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the
                           uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings
                           in the markets.                           --Luke xi. 43.
  
                           When Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the
                           babe leaped in her womb.               --Luke i. 41.
  
                           I shall not trouble my reader with the first
                           salutes of our three friends.      --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salutatorian \Sa*lu`ta*to"ri*an\, n.
      The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the
      annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an
      honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating
      class who ranks second in scholarship. [U.S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salutatorily \Sa*lu"ta*to*ri*ly\, adv.
      By way of salutation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salutatory \Sa*lu"ta*to*ry\, a. [L. salutatorius. See {Salute}.]
      Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome;
      greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which
      introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar
      public exhibitions, in American colleges.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salutatory \Sa*lu"ta*to*ry\, n.
      1. A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.
            [Obs.] --Milton.
  
      2. (American Colleges) The salutatory oration.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salute \Sa*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saluted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Saluting}.] [L. salutare, salutatum, from salus, -utis,
      health, safety. See {Salubrious}.]
      1. To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and
            courtesy; to greet; to hail.
  
                     I salute you with this kingly title.   --Shak.
  
      2. Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an
            act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc.
  
                     You have the prettiest tip of a finger . . . I must
                     take the freedom to salute it.            --Addison.
  
      3. (Mil. & Naval) To honor, as some day, person, or nation,
            by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors,
            by cheers, etc.
  
      4. To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to
            gratify. [Obs.] [bd]If this salute my blood a jot.[b8]
            --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scald \Scald\, a. [For scalled. See {Scall}.]
      1. Affected with the scab; scabby. --Shak.
  
      2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Scald crow} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded crow. [Ireland]
  
      {Scald head} (Med.), a name popularly given to several
            diseases of the scalp characterized by pustules (the dried
            discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the
            hair.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scald \Scald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scalded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Scalding}.] [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F.
      [82]chauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm,
      hot. See {Ex}, and {Caldron}.]
      1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by
            contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald
            the hand.
  
                     Mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. --Shak.
  
                     Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.
                                                                              --Cowley.
  
      2. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in
            hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scalled \Scalled\, a.
      Scabby; scurfy; scall. [Obs.] [bd]With scalled brows
      black.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      {Scalled head}. (Med.) See {Scald head}, under {Scald}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tetter \Tet"ter\, n. [OE. teter, AS. teter, tetr; akin to G.
      zitter, zittermal, OHG. zittaroch, Skr. dadru, dadruka, a
      sort of skin disease. [fb]63, 240.] (Med.)
      A vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. See {Herpes}.
  
      {Honeycomb tetter} (Med.), favus.
  
      {Moist tetter} (Med.), eczema.
  
      {Scaly tetter} (Med.), psoriasis.
  
      {Tetter berry} (Bot.), the white bryony.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scold \Scold\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scolded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Scolding}.] [Akin to D. schelden, G. schelten, OHG. sceltan,
      Dan. skielde.]
      To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter
      harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely;
      -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
  
               Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever I was
               forced to scold.                                    --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scolytid \Scol"y*tid\, n. [Gr. [?] to cut short.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of
      the genus {Scolytus} and allied genera. Also used
      adjectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shield \Shield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shielded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Shielding}.] [AS. scidan, scyldan. See {Shield}, n.]
      1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger;
            to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
  
                     Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To
                     see the son the vanquished father shield. --Dryden.
  
                     A woman's shape doth shield thee.      --Shak.
  
      2. To ward off; to keep off or out.
  
                     They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to
                     shield the cold to which they had been inured.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory
            exclamation, forbid! [Obs.]
  
                     God shield that it should so befall.   --Chaucer.
  
                     God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Silt \Silt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Silting}.]
      To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slate \Slate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slating}.]
      1. To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate;
            as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
  
      2. To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for
            an appointment. [Polit. Cant]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slat \Slat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slatted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slatting}.] [OE. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.]
      1. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
            [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
  
                     How did you kill him? Slat[t]ed his brains out.
                                                                              --Marston.
  
      2. To split; to crack. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
      3. To set on; to incite. See 3d {Slate}. [Prov. Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sled \Sled\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sledded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sledding}.]
      To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sleet \Sleet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sleeted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sleeting}.]
      To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sleid \Sleid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleided}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sleiding}.] [See {Sley}.]
      To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.
      --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slit \Slit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slit} or {Slitted}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Slitting}.] [OE. slitten, fr. sliten, AS. st[c6]tan
      to tear; akin to D. slijten to wear out, G. schleissen to
      slit, split, OHG. sl[c6]zan to split, tear, wear out, Icel.
      st[c6]ta to break, tear, wear out, Sw. slita, Dan. slide. Cf.
      {Eclat}, {Slate}, n., {Slice}.]
      1. To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as,
            to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into
            straps.
  
      2. To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the
            ear or the nose.
  
      3. To cut; to sever; to divide. [Obs.]
  
                     And slits the thin-spun life.            --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slotted \Slot"ted\, a.
      Having a slot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slouch \Slouch\, n. [Cf. Icel. sl[?]kra slouching felloew, and
      E. slack, slug, a lazy fellow.]
      1. A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp
            appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise
            depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
  
      2. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. [Colloq.]
  
      {Slouth hat}, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slow-witted \Slow"-wit`ted\, a.
      Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Solidate \Sol"i*date\, v. t. [L. solidatus, p. p. of solidare.
      See {Solder}.]
      To make solid or firm. [Obs.] --Cowley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Solidity \So*lid"i*ty\, n. [L. soliditas: cf. F. solidit[82].]
      1. The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency,
            -- opposed to {fluidity}; compactness; fullness of matter,
            -- opposed to {openness} or {hollowness}; strength;
            soundness, -- opposed to {weakness} or {instability}; the
            primary quality or affection of matter by which its
            particles exclude or resist all others; hardness;
            massiveness.
  
                     That which hinders the approach of two bodies when
                     they are moving one toward another, I call solidity.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      2. Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth;
            certainty; -- as opposed to {weakness} or
            {fallaciousness}; as, the solidity of arguments or
            reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or
            opinions.
  
      3. (Geom.) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of
            inclosed space.
  
      Syn: Firmness; solidness; hardness; density; compactness;
               strength; soundness; validity; certainty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Soliitation \So*li`i*ta"tion\, n. [F. solicitation, or L.
      sollicitatio.]
      1. The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking;
            importunity.
  
      2. Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the
            senses. --Locke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Solitude \Sol"i*tude\, n. [F., from L. solitudo, solus alone.
      See {Sole}, a.]
      1. state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely
            life; loneliness.
  
                     Whosoever is delighted with solitude is either a
                     wild beast or a god.                           --Bacon.
  
                     O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have
                     seen in thy face?                              --Cowper.
  
      2. Remoteness from society; destitution of company;
            seclusion; -- said of places; as, the solitude of a wood.
  
                     The solitude of his little parish is become matter
                     of great comfort to him.                     --Law.
  
      3. solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.
  
                     In these deep solitudes and awful cells Where
                     heavenly pensive contemplation dwells. --Pope.
  
      Syn: Syn. Loneliness; soitariness; loneness; retiredness;
               recluseness. -- {Solitude}, {Retirement}, {Seclusion},
               {Loneliness}.
  
      Usage: Retirement is a withdrawal from general society,
                  implying that a person has been engaged in its scenes.
                  Solitude describes the fact that a person is alone;
                  seclusion, that he is shut out from others, usually by
                  his own choice; loneliness, that he feels the pain and
                  oppression of being alone. Hence, retirement is
                  opposed to a gay, active, or public life; solitude, to
                  society; seclusion, to freedom of access on the part
                  of others; and loneliness, enjoyment of that society
                  which the heart demands.
  
                           O blest retirement, friend to life's decline.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
                           Such only can enjoy the country who are capable
                           of thinking when they are there; then they are
                           prepared for solitude; and in that [the country]
                           solitude is prepared for them.      --Dryden.
  
                           It is a place of seclusion from the external
                           world.                                          --Bp. Horsley.
  
                           These evils . . . seem likely to reduce it [a
                           city] ere long to the loneliness and the
                           insignificance of a village.         --Eustace.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squalidity \Squa*lid"i*ty\, n. [L. squaliditas.]
      The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swelltoad \Swell"toad`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A swellfish.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Soldotna, AK (city, FIPS 71640)
      Location: 60.48749 N, 151.06436 W
      Population (1990): 3482 (1460 housing units)
      Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99669

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Soledad, CA (city, FIPS 72520)
      Location: 36.43010 N, 121.32255 W
      Population (1990): 7146 (1650 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 93960

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   shielded twisted pair
  
      (STP) A kind of cable {used} for most {Ethernet}
      cabling, especially fast ethernet connections such as 100
      {Mbps}.
  
      Compare: {unshielded twisted pair}.
  
      (1999-11-15)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Salutation
      "Eastern modes of salutation are not unfrequently so prolonged
      as to become wearisome and a positive waste of time. The
      profusely polite Arab asks so many questions after your health,
      your happiness, your welfare, your house, and other things, that
      a person ignorant of the habits of the country would imagine
      there must be some secret ailment or mysterious sorrow
      oppressing you, which you wished to conceal, so as to spare the
      feelings of a dear, sympathizing friend, but which he, in the
      depth of his anxiety, would desire to hear of. I have often
      listened to these prolonged salutations in the house, the
      street, and the highway, and not unfrequently I have experienced
      their tedious monotony, and I have bitterly lamented useless
      waste of time" (Porter, Through Samaria, etc.). The work on
      which the disciples were sent forth was one of urgency, which
      left no time for empty compliments and prolonged greetings (Luke
      10:4).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Shiloah, The waters of
      =Siloah, (Neh. 3:15) and Siloam (q.v.)
     
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