Bible Dictionaries
Saline

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Saline'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/saline.html. 1828.