They shall have ready sale for them.
Spenser.
3. Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in
market; auction. Sir W. Temple.
Bill of sale. See under Bill. -- Of sale, On sale, For sale, to be
bought or sold; offered to purchasers; in the market. -- To set to
sale, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase; to make merchandise
of. [Obs.] Milton.
Sale"a*ble (?), a., Sale"a*bly, adv., etc. See Salable, Salably, etc.
Sal"eb (?), n. (Med.) See Salep.
Sal`e*bros"i*ty (?), n. Roughness or ruggedness. [Obs.] Feltham.
Sal"e*brous (?), a. [L. salebrosus, fr. salebra a rugged road, fr.
salire to leap.] Rough; rugged. [Obs.]
Sal"ep (sl"p), n. [Ar. sahleb, perhaps a corruption of an Arabic word
for fox, one Ar. name of the orchis signifying literally, fox's
testicles: cf. F. salep.] [Written also saleb, salop, and saloop.] The
dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and Eulophia. It is used to
make a nutritious beverage by treating the powdered preparation with
hot water. U. S. Disp.
Sal`e*ra"tus (?), n. [NL. sal aëratus; -- so called because it is a
source of fixed air (carbon dioxide). See Sal, and and Aërated.] (Old
Chem.) Aërated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline
taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under
Sodium.) It is largely used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or
cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also an ingredient of
most baking powders, and is used in the preparation of effervescing
drinks.
Sales"man (slz"man), n.; pl. Salesmen (-men). [Sale + man.] One who
sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
Sales"wom`an (?), n.; pl. Saleswomen (&?;). A woman whose occupation is
to sell goods or merchandise.
Sale"work` (?), n. Work or things made for sale; hence, work done
carelessly or slightingly. Shak.
Sa"lian (?), a. Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves
early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic. -- n.
A Salian Frank.
Sa"li*ant (?), a. (Her.) Same as Salient.
Sal"i*aunce (?), a. [See Sally.] Salience; onslaught. [Obs.] "So fierce
saliaunce." Spenser.
Sal"ic (sl"k), a. [F. salique, fr. the Salian Franks, who, in the fifth
century, formed a body of laws called in Latin leges Salicæ.] Of or
pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called. [Also
salique.]
Salic law. (a) A code of laws formed by the Salian Franks in the fifth
century. By one provision of this code women were excluded from the
inheritance of landed property. (b) Specifically, in modern times, a
law supposed to be a special application of the above-mentioned
provision, in accordance with which males alone can inherit the throne.
This law has obtained in France, and at times in other countries of
Europe, as Spain.
Sal`i*ca"ceous (sl`*k"shs), a. [L. salix, -icis, the willow.] Belonging
or relating to the willow.
Sal"i*cin (?), n. [L. salix, - icis, a willow: cf. F. salicine. See
Sallow the tree.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of
several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter
white crystalline substance.
Sal"i*cyl (?), n. [Salicin + - yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical of
salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.
Sal"i*cyl`al (?), n. [Salicylic + aldehide.] (Chem.) A thin, fragrant,
colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet
(Spiræa), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It
reddens on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and
formerly salicylous, or spiroylous, acid.
Sal"i*cyl`ate (-t), n. (Chem.) A salt of salicylic acid.
Sal`i*cyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or
designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium
hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid)
by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a
white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its
salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.
Sal"i*cyl`ide (?), n. [Salicylic + anhydride.] (Chem.) A white
crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.
Sal"i*cyl`ite (?), n. (Chem.) A compound of salicylal; -- named after
the analogy of a salt.
Sal"i*cyl`ol (?), n. [Salicylic + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) Same as
Salicylal.
Sa*lic"y*lous (? or ?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a
substance formerly called salicylous acid, and now salicylal. [Obs.]
Sa"li*ence (?), n. [See Salient.] 1. The quality or condition of being
salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
2. The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection;
protrusion. Sir W. Hamilton.
Sa"li*en*cy (?), n. Quality of being salient; hence, vigor. "A fatal
lack of poetic saliency." J. Morley.
Sa"li*ent (?), a. [L. saliens, -entis, p. pr. of salire to leap; cf. F.
saillant. See Sally, n. & v. i..] 1. Moving by leaps or springs;
leaping; bounding; jumping. "Frogs and salient animals." Sir T. Browne.