Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- noun A Middle English form of
sauce .
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