Sal am and rin a (sal am and rin a)

[NL. (Fit zinger, 1826), Sal am and rinæ (sal"a-man-dri'nē), n. pl. [NL., IMG:content-2723.png:[blocks in formation] We laid it [a coquette's heart] into a pan of burning coals, when we observed in it a certain salamandrine quality, that made it capable of living in the midst of fire and flame, without being consumed, or so much as singed. Add is on, Spectator, No. 281. 2. In zoöl., of or pertaining to the Salamandri dæ or Sal am and rinæ; resembling or related to Salamandra; salamandriform or salamandroid. II. n. In zoöl., a salamander. IMG:content-2724.jpg:[ocr errors]