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saltish, a.|ˈsɒltɪʃ, -ɔː-|
[f. salt n.1 or a.1 + -ish.]
†a. [f. the n.] Of the nature of, characteristic of, or like that of, salt; impregnated with salt; salt, salty. Obs.
b. [f. the adj.] Chiefly in mod. use: Somewhat salt.
1477Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 74 The Tast thereof must needs Saltish be. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 112 Loke vpon her mylke, that it be not blackysshe, blueysshe, grey or reddysshe, neyther sowre, sharpe, saltysshe, or brackysshe. 1582Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 75 A cold sweat saltish through my ioyntes fiercely dyd enter. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. iii. 31 Ofte soust in swelling Tethys saltish teare. 1620Venner Via Recta iv. 77 The..pickled Herring..giueth a saltish and vnprofitable nourishment. 1625N. Carpenter Geog. Del. ii. v. (1635) 75 That the Sea is of a saltish Quality, no man hath euer doubted. a1647T. Habington Surv. Worcs. in Proc. Worcs. Hist. Soc. II. 295 The channell or bottom, scorched with the heate of the sun, appearethe whyte and saltysh. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 104 A saltish soil most commonly is fat and unctuous. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 228 Deer, which come in the warm season, to eat the saltish moss and grass. 1805Saunders Min. Waters 299 The water..tastes saltish, like weak sea water. 1875J. Croll Climate & T. vi. 108 Thus we have a surface current of saltish water from the poles towards the equator.
Hence ˈsaltishly adv. (1828–32 Webster). |