Found 3 items, similar to salve.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: salve salep
English → English (WordNet) Definition: salve salve n 1: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm] 2: anything that remedies or heals or soothes; “he needed a salve for his conscience” salve v 1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, relieve, save] 2: apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
English → English (gcide) Definition: Salve Salve \Salve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salved; p. pr. & vb. n. Salving.] [AS. sealfian to anoint. See Salve, n.] 1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] But Ebranck salved both their infamies With noble deeds. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence? --Milton. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Salve \Sal"ve\, interj. [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of salvere to be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.] Hail! [1913 Webster] Salve \Sal"ve\ (? or ?), v. t. To say “Salve” to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Salve \Salve\, v. t. & i. [See Salvage] To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [Recent] [1913 Webster] Salve \Salve\ (?; 277), n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva, Goth. salb[=o]n to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) ? oil, ? butter, Skr. sarpis clarified butter. [root]155, 291.] 1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A soothing remedy or antidote. [1913 Webster] Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Salve bug (Zo["o]l.), a large, stout isopod crustacean ([AE]ga psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length. [1913 Webster]