bay salt

noun

1. salt derived by evaporating seawater in the sun.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bay salt¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75

Example Sentences

They are both known in commerce under the name of “bay-salt,” to distinguish them from the “rock-salt” of the mines.

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Mr. Brickwood also, while quoting ‘Stonehenge’ on this point, recommends bathing with bay salt and water.

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Underneath are the Salt Pans, or shallow pools laid out for the purpose of making bay-salt.

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Chop all, and put them in layers, with pounded bay-salt between, up to the tip of the jar.

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Then, I trust, you gave him something better for dinner than bay-salt and dandelions.

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