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salve::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | balm, ointment, unction, unguent |
| Type of | cure, remedy, curative, therapeutic |
| Has types | mentholated salve, baby oil, balsam, carron oil, cerate, chrism, chrisom, holy oil, lip balm, arnica, mercurial ointment, sacramental oil, zinc ointment |
salve::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | remedy, redress, remediation |
he needed a salve for his conscience.
Examples of salve
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Salve that guilt by carpooling with a friend or two, and bringing reusable bags.
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We groan when Vanessa declares the lip salve must have slipped out of her pocket.
From the theaustralian.com.au
Yet a nakedly partisan trial would only deepen historical wounds, not salve them.
From the economist.com
Obama's election will salve an old sore, a person of color finally a president.
From the sacbee.com
I desperately want the postgame fro-yo to feel like a celebration, not a salve.
From the ocregister.com
This did little to salve public nerves, because who hasn't come down with a cold?
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Desert Party's mere presence in the Kentucky Derby would provide a bit of a salve.
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Africa is a place where the West prefers to salve its conscience on the cheap.
From the time.com
Panderos are also used in Dominican folk music, like congos, salve, and palos.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Ointment: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
- Salvage: save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- Anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience"
- Apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
- (salving) demulcent: having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
- A salve is a medical ointment used to soothe the head or other body surface. A popular eye medicine known as "Phrygian powder" was one of Laodicea's sources of wealth. The medical school at Laodicea was famous for the preparation and use of this eye salve.
- An ointment, cream or balm with soothing, healing or calming effects; Any thing or action that soothes or heals; To calm or assuage; To salvage
- To dream of salve, denotes you will prosper under adverse circumstances and convert enemies into friends.
- An herbal preparation mixed in oil and thickened with bees wax applied to the skin.
