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nounsemisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritationtype of:
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verbsave from ruin, destruction, or harm
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"he needed a salve for his conscience"nounanything that remedies or heals or soothestype of:
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verbapply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
Definition that contains salve
- char any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
- salve apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
- common st john's wort deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain
- phallus impudicus a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism
- charr any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
- common stinkhorn a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism
- tutsan deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain
- demulcent a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin
- hypericum androsaemum deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain
- mentholated salve a salve containing menthol