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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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.  --Spenser. 
 
  What  may  we  do  then,  to  salve  this  seeming 
  inconsistence?  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  salving 
  adj  :  having  a  softening  or  soothing  effect  especially  to  the  skin 
  [syn:  {demulcent},  {emollient},  {softening}] 




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