saltness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saltness
before 900; Middle English saltnesse; Old English sealtnes. See salt 1, -ness
Example Sentences
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Salt′ishness, a moderate degree of saltness; Salt′-junk, hard salt beef for use at sea.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
A new civic spirit must pervade the people as the saltness the sea.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
Fresh′en, to make fresh: to take the saltness from.—v.i. to grow fresh: to grow brisk or strong.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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 Geikie, James
The foam thereof, the saltness, and the blight?
From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric
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