Salve /(?)/

Sal·ve

Salve

interj.
  1. Hail!

Salve

v. t.
  1. To say “Salve” to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.]
    By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them.

Salve

n.
  1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
  2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
    Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores.

Phrases & Compounds
Salve bug
a large, stout isopod crustacean (Aega psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.

Salve

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Salved; p. pr. & vb. n. Salving

  1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
  2. 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?

Salve

v. t. & i.
  1. To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [Recent]