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Salve

salve

1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.

2. A soothing remedy or antidote. Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores.

(Science: zoology) (milton) Salve bug, a large, stout isopod crustacean (aega psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.

Origin: AS. Sealf ointment; akin to LG. Salwe, D. Zalve, zalf, OHG. Salba, Dan. Salve, Sw. Salva, Goth. Salbn to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) oil, butter, Skr. Sapris clarified butter, 291.


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... rejoicing resonance as we see you gently guide us and shield us from the rigours of our affliction, verily Lord, we give thanks to you for the salve of the Holy Spirit, for it is the workings of the Spirit which must expose and destroy these evil pillars of the works of the corrupted and amoral. ...

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boiled potato maked metal shiny

... have never heard of. :) Perhaps it is the high starch content. :?: An other old folk remedy I have heard of is using a lightly bolied potato as a salve for inflamation and pain. Tried by friend of mine with terminal cancer and said it worked.

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