Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
sauce . - noun A mud volcano; a conical hill of soft, muddy material, formed from the decomposition of volcanic rock, and forced upward by the currents of gas escaping from the solfataric region beneath.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mud volcano , thewater of which is oftenimpregnated withsalts .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kuhja sees muda ja süsivesinike segu tunduks nagu keevat: tegelikult väljub see keskkonnatemperatuuril, ning on soolane (sellest ka sõna "salse", itaaliakeelsest "salate" - soolased).
tatsutahime Diary Entry tatsutahime 2009
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Si sa che la patata è buona in tutte le salse; ma la salsa che fanno qui è insuperabile…
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Si sa che la patata è buona in tutte le salse; ma la salsa che fanno qui è insuperabile…
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Balenoarch (he kneeleths), to Great Balenoarch (he kneeleths down) to Greatest Great Balenoarch (he kneeleths down quite-somely), the sound salse sympol in a weedwayedwold of the firethere the sun in his halo cast.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Bartolinian codex, in the precious codex of Cortona, and in many other early manuscripts and editions, the word _pianse_ is found in the place of _salse_; "She lamented upon the cross with Christ."
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Of the same illuminating character are such salse dicta as: "The fool never does what he says, the wise man never says what he does."
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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I am looking for someone who is good at sales to generate salse for my site.
Digital Point Forums mergeakagreat 2009
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Mario Bros lo abbiamo visto e sentito in tutte le salse, e le idee cominciano a scarseggiare.
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Mario Bros lo abbiamo visto e sentito in tutte le salse, e le idee cominciano a scarseggiare.
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Mario Bros lo abbiamo visto e sentito in tutte le salse, e le idee cominciano a scarseggiare.
hernesheir commented on the word salse
At last, a word for those who like a little salt in their mud volcano.
June 22, 2010