Salenia (salenia)

[NL. (J. E. Gray).] The typical genus of Saleniidæ. S. rarispina is an extant species. S. pet a lifer a is found fo il in the greensand of Wilts hire, England. Saleniidæ (sal-ē-nī'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., IMG:content-2725.png:[blocks in formation] aliquis and Si aliqua were of such frequent occurrence in it. Southey, The Doctor, ccviii. ( Davies.) The famous clause in the Salic Law by which, it is commonly said, women are precluded from succe ion to the throne, and which alone has become known in course of time as the Salic Law , is the fifth paragraph of chapter 59 (with the rubric "De Alodis"), in which the succe ion to private property is regulated. Encyc. Brit ., XXI. 214. Salicaceæ (sal-i-kāʼsē-ē), n. pl . [NL. (Lindley, and 30 per cent. of starch; it is largely insoluble in water, but swells up when steeped. In the East it is highly es- teemed as a nervine restorative and fattener; but it ap- pears to have no other properties than those of a nutrient and demulcent. In Europe it is chiefly used in making a variously seasoned demulcent drink. It is a suitable food for convalescents, etc., like tapioca and sago. It is pre- pared for use by pulverizing and boiling. In America it is but little known. - Otaheite or Tahiti salep, a starch derived from the tuberous roots of Tacca pinnatifid a in the Society, Fiji, and other Pacific islands; Tahiti or South 1836), Salix ( Salic- ) + -aceæ .] Same as Salici- Sea arrowroot; tacca-starch. sale-pond (sal'pond), n . See pond1 . saleratus (sal-e-ra'tus), n. [Also salæratus (for * sal aëratus ); orig. (NL.) sal aeratus , aërated salt: see aërate and salt1 .] Originally pot as- sium bicarbonate, but at present sodium bicar- bonate is commonly sold under the same name. It is used in cookery for neutralizing acidity and for rais- ing dough by the evolution of carbonic acid which takes place when it is brought in contact with an acid. It is also largely used in so-called baking-powders.