单词 | saltish |
释义 | saltishadj. †(a) [ < salt n.1] Of the nature of, characteristic of, or like that of, salt; impregnated with salt; salt, salty. Obsolete. (b) [ < salt adj.1] Chiefly in modern use: Somewhat salt. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > tasting of salt salta1398 saltyc1440 over-saltc1450 saltish1477 fire-salt1642 the world > food and drink > food > additive > salt > [adjective] saltish1477 salted1526 saline1651 salsamentarious1656 muriatic1675 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > seasoning > [adjective] > salted salta1398 saltyc1440 over-saltc1450 saltish1477 salted1526 oversalted1575 corned1621 fire-salt1642 salten1654 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 74 The Tast thereof must needs Saltish be. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. lviv Loke vpon her mylke, that it be not blackysshe, blueysshe, grey or reddysshe, neyther sowre, sharpe, saltysshe, or brackysshe. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 50 A cold sweat saltish through my ioynctes fiercely dyd enter. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C6 Ofte soust in swelling Tethys saltish teare. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta iv. 77 The..pickled Herring..giueth a saltish and vnprofitable nourishment. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. v. 75 That the Sea is of a saltish Quality, no man hath euer doubted. a1647 T. Habington Surv. Worcs. (Worcs. Hist. Soc.) (1899) II. ii. 295 The channell or bottom, scorched with the heate of the sun, appearethe whyte and saltysh. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ii. 104 A saltish soil most commonly is fat and unctuous. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 228 Deer, which come in the warm season, to eat the saltish moss and grass. 1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 299 The water..tastes saltish, like weak sea water. 1875 J. Croll Climate & Time vi. 108 Thus we have a surface current of saltish water from the poles towards the equator. Derivatives ˈsaltishly adv. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1477 |
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