By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved
them.
Spenser.
Salve (?; 277), n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe, D. zalve,
zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva, Goth. salbn to anoint, and
probably to Gr. (Hesychius) &?; oil, &?; butter, Skr. sarpis clarified
butter. √155, 291.] 1. An adhesive composition or substance to be
applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment. Chaucer.