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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Saline

/səl-ēn'/ · Sa·line · IPA /ˈseɪ.lin/
01 a. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
  1. 1.
    Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
  2. 2.
    Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
02 n. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
  1. 1.
    A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
03 n. A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
  1. 1.
    A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.(Chem.)
  2. 2.
    A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.(Med. Chem.)