saltish
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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
Possibly they may be attracted by the saltish taste, but the result is that they get ill and their stomachs are distended.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)
Its physical properties are known to every one—it is a thickish, nearly opaque fluid, of a peculiar odor, saltish taste, etc.
From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles
Brackish, brak′ish, adj. saltish: applied to water mixed with salt or with sea-water.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
At the depth of 1,222 feet the water became saltish, then sulphury.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman
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