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ˈsalt-ˌmaker
[Cf. Du. zoutmaker, G. salzmacher.]
A manufacturer of salt.
1483Cath. Angl. 317/2 A Salte makere, salinator. 1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Salinero, a salt maker. 1614Purchas Pilgrimage v. x. 493 The Betua are Salt-makers. 1707Lond. Gaz. No. 4373/4 Thomas Elmes, late of Milford in the County of Southampton, Salt-maker. 1807P. Gass Jrnl. 179 About noon Captain Clarke with 14 men came to the salt-makers camp. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 233/1 The warping or buckling, the scaling, and the formation of ‘cats’,..arising from leaks in the pan, are perhaps among the worst annoyances of the saltmakers. 1892Labour Commission Gloss., Salt Makers, term embracing all the men directly engaged in the manufacture of white salt from brine.
So ˈsalt-ˌmaking, the manufacture of salt; † also pl., salt-works.
1534Lett. Suppress. Monast. (Camden) 281 The chargys that belongythe to the salte makyng. 1611Cotgr., Salaison, Salt-making. a1647Habington Surv. Worcs. in Proc. Worcs. Hist. Soc. II. 297 Some of meaner ranck had and have salt-makings heere. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 234/1 Saltmaking is by no means an unhealthy trade.
attrib.1823in Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) I. 319 There are no excisemen in these salt-making places in France. |