weaponryt (weponri)

-ery).] Weapons in general. [Rare.] weapon-salvet (wep'on-säv), n. A salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. According to Sir Kenelm Digby, the salve produces sympathy between the wound and the weapon; he cites several instances to prove that "as the sword is treated the wound inflicted by it feels. Thus, if the instrument is kept wet, the wound will feel cool; if held to the fire, it will feel hot," etc. This superstition is referred to in the following lines: She has ta'en the broken lance, And washed it from the clotted gore, And salved the splinter o'er and o'er. Scott, L. of L. M., iii. 23.