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▪ I. saltness1|ˈsɒltnɪs, -ɔː-|
[f. salt a.1 + -ness.]
1. The property or state of being salt; the condition of being impregnated with salt.
In OE. only quasi-concr. transl. L. salsilago, salsugo.
c825Vesp. Psalter cvi. 34 Sette..eorðan westembere in saltnisse. [So Wycl. (1388) saltnesse; Vulg. posuit..terram fructiferam in salsilaginem or salsuginem.] 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 265 Þe rootes mowe not take depnesse and fatnesse for saltnesse of þe erþe. 1388Wyclif Jer. xvii. 6 He schal dwelle in drynesse in desert, in the lond of saltnesse. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 208 By the tonge we felen the dyuersite of Sauores, Swetnes and bittyrnesse, Saltnesse and egyrnesse. 1551Robinson tr. More's Utop. ii. vi. (1895) 187 The ebbinge, flowinge, and saltenes of the sea. a1625Fletcher, etc. Fair Maid Inn ii. i, If I had buried him in a wave at sea,..I would not to the saltnesse of his grave Have added the last teare. 1676Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 454 Being troubled with a scorbutic humour, or saltness of blood. 1764E. Moxon Eng. Housew. 103 Boil them [some herrings] as soft as you would do for eating, and shift them in the boiling to take out the saltness. 1832H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. (ed. 2) 5 The superior saltness of the Mediterranean..is attributed to the evaporation of its surface. 1883F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius viii, The delicious sense of saltness and freedom one feels on the deck of a good ship.
2. Piquancy, poignancy.
1612Bacon Ess., Discourse (Arb.) 17 Men ought to finde the difference betweene saltnesse and bitternesse. 1896Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 3/1 By reliance on beauty shows, variety turns, or saltness of dialogue.
▪ II. ˈsaltness2 rare—0.
[f. salt a.2]
Lecherousness, salacity.
1611Cotgr., Chaude-colle, saltnesse, leacherousnesse. |