salufer (salufer)

Silicofluoride of sodium, used as an antiseptic. saluingt, n. [ME., verbal n. of salue, v.] Salutation; greeting. cion, salutacioun, cioun And.v. myle from Jherusalem, into ye whiche hous of Zacharye, after the salutacion of the aungell and the concepcion of Criste, the moste ble yd Virgyne, goynge into the mountaynes with grete spede, entred and saluted Elyzabeth. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 38. Al the bretheren grete you. Grete ye one another wyth an holy ky e. The salutacyon of me Paule wyth myne owne hande. Bible of 1551, 1 Cor. xvi. 20. The early village-cock Hath twice done salutation to the morn. Shak., Rich. III., v. 8. 210. Out into the yard sallied mine host himself also, to do fitting salutation to his new guests. Scott , Kenilworth, xix. He made a salutation , or, to speak nearer the truth, an ill-defined, abortive attempt at courtesy. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, vii. 2t. Quickening; excitement; stimulus. For why should others' false adulterate eyes Give salutation to my sportive blood? Shak ., Sonnets, cxxi. Angelic salutation. Same as Ave Maria (which see, under ave ). Salutation of our Ladyt, the Annunciation. Syn. 1. Greeting, Salutation, Salute. A greeting generally expre es a person's sense of pleasure or good wishes upon meeting another. Salutation and salute are by derivation a wishing of health, and are still modified by that idea. A salutation is personal, a salute official or formal; salutation suggests the act of the person saluting, salute is the thing done; a salutation is generally in words, a salute may be by cheers, the dipping of colors, the roll of drums, the firing of cannon, etc. Salutation and greeting to you all! Shak., As you Like it, v. 4. 39. On whom the angel Hail Bestow'd; the holy salutation used Long after to blest Mary, second Eve. IMG:content-0050.png:[blocks in formation]