Salt a. [Compar. Salter superl. Saltest.]
  1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. “Salt tears.”
  2. Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.
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     I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me.   --Shak.
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