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(1):

(a.) A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

(2):

(n.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.

(3):

(a.) Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.

(4):

(a.) Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.

(5):

(n.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.