saltness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saltness
before 900; Middle English saltnesse; Old English sealtnes. See salt 1, -ness
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The air was filled with the saltness of the spray, and even below deck the men’s ears rang with the clamor of the sea.
From The Secret of the Reef by Harold Bindloss
The Sea.—Sea-water owes its saltness to the presence of various more or less soluble substances, such as common salt, gypsum, Epsom salts, chloride of magnesium, &c.
From Geology by James Geikie
The ocean itself was not in sight, though it made itself known in a certain agreeable saltness of odor that Martine quickly recognized.
From Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' by Helen Leah Reed
No doubt saltness is a characteristic which would naturally give a name to a river.
From The River-Names of Europe by Robert Ferguson
A new civic spirit must pervade the people as the saltness the sea.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
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