saltish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- saltishly adverb
- saltishness noun
Etymology
Origin of saltish
Example Sentences
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They sipped on their saltish Kashmiri pink tea a little longer instead of starting on the buffet their host had set out.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2017
Tea made with saltish water, and salt sheep's milk, have been the only drawbacks of the six days' march.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
Unlike horses I saw at Waikiki, which shut their eyes and plunged their heads into water up to their ears, in search of a saltish weed which grows in the lagoons.
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
The water is perfectly clear, has a saltish taste, and at the spring is not unlike weak broth, though it has a disagreeable odor.
From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Optic, Oliver
Whether all Fruits, Herbs, Earth, Fountains, are naturally saltish in the Isle of Cyprus?
From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry
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