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Salve v. t. & v. i. To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. (Recent)

Salve v. t. To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute. (Obs.) "By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them."

Salve v. t. (past & past part. salved; pres. part. salving)

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

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?"

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... dead—among whom was Master Porson, with a great wound of the scalp; also everywhere great piles of freight, chests, bales, and casks—a few staved and taking damage from salt water and rain, but the most in apparent good condition. The crew had worked very busily at the salving, and to the great credit of men who had come through suffering and peril of death. Mr. Saint Aubyn's band, too, had lent help, though by this time the flowing of the tide forced them to give over. ...

— Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts • A. T. Quiller-Couch