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salina1|səˈlaɪnə|
[a. Sp. salina:—L. salīna, only in pl. salīnæ (sc. fodīnæ), fem. of *salīnus saline.]
A salt lake, pond, well, spring, or marsh; a salt-pan, salt-works. Also, a low, marshy area of land near the coast (orig. Jamaican).
1697W. Dampier Voy. (1699) 265 A dry Salina or Salt-pond. 1748Brownrigg Art Making Salt 16 Salinas of the same kind have been taken notice of by travellers, in many other parts of the world. 1756P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica 356 The Samphire of Jamaica... This plant is common in all the Salinas on the south side of Jamaica: it abounds with alkalious salts, but the manufacture of this commodity has not been yet attempted in that island. 1774E. Long Hist. Jamaica I. ii. iv. 474 In making roads to traverse the salinas, or level grounds adjacent to the sea, and in swampy places, a stratum should first be laid. 1811W. J. Titford Sk. Hortus Bot. Amer. 33 Herbaceous marsh samphire..grows in great plenty in Jamaica, on the Salinas and Marshes near the sea coast. 1829W. Irving Conq. Granada II. lxxxviii. 312 El Zagal relinquished his right to one half of the salinas, or saltpits, of Maleha. 1879Beerbohm Patagonia v. 76 We rode past a long chain of salinas, which glittered and sparkled whitely in the sun. 1889Nat. Geogr. Mag. I. iv. 334 Beyond the narrow gateway in the hills, less than three miles of level swampy salinas reach to the surf of the Pacific. |