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One of the Saltigradæ a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.

A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also santibanco.] Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. Sir T. browne.

The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.

A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.

In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.

Somewhat salt. -- Salt"ish*ly, adv. -- Salt"ish*ness, n.

Destitute of salt; insipid.

With taste of salt; in a salt manner.

A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts.

The quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water.

Potassium nitrate; niter, a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curin…

Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter. [Obs.]

hich grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort. Black saltwort, the sea milkwort.

Somewhat salt; saltish.

Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate.

The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate. "A sweet, dry small of salubrity." G. W. Cable.

To salute. [Obs.] There was no "good day" and no saluyng. Chaucer.

Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise.

The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting. In all public meetings or private addresses, use those forms of salutation, reverence, and decency usual amongst…

The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship. [U.S.]