dry-salt

American

[drahy-sawlt] / ˈdraɪˌsɔlt /

verb (used with object)

to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.

dry-salt British

verb

to preserve (food) by salting and removing moisture

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Etymology

Origin of dry-salt

First recorded in 1615–25

Example Sentences

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We may pickle apples, pears and peaches, but we ferment, brine and dry-salt only vegetables.

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It's like trying to sell our Pickled Luncheon Tidbits to a fellow in the black belt who doesn't buy anything but plain dry-salt hog in hunks and slabs.

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