Associations to the word «Salving»

Wiktionary

SALVE, noun. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
SALVE, noun. Any thing or action that soothes or heals.
SALVE, verb. (transitive) To calm or assuage.
SALVE, verb. To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
SALVE, verb. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
SALVE, verb. To salvage.
SALVE, verb. (obsolete) (astronomy) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
SALVE, verb. (obsolete) to resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
SALVE, verb. (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse
SALVE, interjection. Hail; a greeting
SALVE, verb. (transitive) To say "salve" to; to greet; to salute.
SALVE BUG, noun. (obsolete) A large, stout isopod crustacean (Aega psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, and formerly used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve.

Dictionary definition

SALVE, noun. Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation.
SALVE, noun. Anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a salve for his conscience".
SALVE, verb. Save from ruin, destruction, or harm.
SALVE, verb. Apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.