sal

[ sal ]

/ sæl /

noun Chiefly Pharmacology.

salt¹.

Origin of sal

< Latin sāl; see salt¹

Definition for sal (2 of 2)

Sal

[ sal ]

/ sæl /

noun

a male given name, form of Salvatore.

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Sal Henderson, for instance, tells us that football is the only thing that makes his life better.
Two New Films Preach Our Nation’s Corrosive Gridiron Gospel|Steve Almond|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A coach finally revives him, but Sal remembers nothing of the play.
Two New Films Preach Our Nation’s Corrosive Gridiron Gospel|Steve Almond|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For two decades Sue Sally (“Sal”) Hale disguised herself as a man so that she could play in matches with men around the country.
Breaking Polo's Grass Ceiling|Keli Goff|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It held aspirin, Sal Hepatica, cigarette papers and a Mason jar full of tobacco.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis|Stanley Booth|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Bar., the Faulkner adaptation As I Lay Dying, and the Sal Mineo biopic Sal, which was released on Nov. 1.
James Franco On ‘Sal,’ Banksy, His Gay Fascination, and That Faulkner Cover|Marlow Stern|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But Sal Kavannah seized him by the hand and dragged him forward.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
It's toime somebody was afther doin' on't, an' it's up to me, with me poor Sal lyin' in the hospital!
Gloria and Treeless Street|Annie Hamilton Donnell
And I would give a great deal to know whatever became of Sal's Kid.
Victor's Triumph|Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
Sal Furbush, who had courtesied herself into the room, now asked to say a word concerning Mary.
The English Orphans|Mary Jane Holmes
Me dinck such a picolo man as you be sal have no de such grande luck, ma dere.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sal

sal

/ (sæl) /

noun

a pharmacological term for salt (def. 3)

Word Origin for sal

Latin

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Word Origin and History for sal

sal

chemical name for salt, late 14c., from Old French sal, from Latin sal (genitive salis) "salt" (see salt (n.)). For sal ammoniac "ammonium chloride" (early 14c.), see ammonia.

sal

noun Chiefly Pharmacology.

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