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A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead. [Written also salaam.]

Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.

A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire. Addison.

Like or pertaining to the salamanders.

A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.

A kind of blue sapphire brought from Ceylon. Dana.

An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.

Foolish utterance; drivel. The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. Milton.

A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).

The common newt or eft. In America often applied to several species of aquatic salamanders. [Written also evat.]

perdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. -- Giant salamander (Zoöl.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. -- Giant squid (Zoöl.), one of several species of very large squids, belon…

A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog.

ifference of all copies and editions. Bp. Barlow. The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some think, interpolated by him for that purpose. Pope.

A large aquatic American salamander of the genus Necturus, having permanent external gills.

Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt (Lophinus punctatus). In America, Diemictylus viridescens is one of the most abundant species.

Same as Salam. Finally, Josiah might have made his salaam to the exciseman just as he was folding up that letter. Prof. Wilson.

The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.

A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.

Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.