Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tray for serving food or drinks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who salves or saves goods, a vessel, etc., from destruction or loss by fire, shipwreck, etc.
- noun A tray, especially a large and heavy one, upon which anything is offered to a person, as in the service of the table.
- noun One who salves or cures, or one who pretends to cure: as, a quacksalver.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack.
- noun A salvor.
- noun A tray or waiter on which anything is presented.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
salves orsaves goods, etc. fromdestruction orloss . - noun One who
salves orcures . - noun One who
pretends to cure;quacksalver . - noun A
tray used to display or serve food.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The plant continues in blossom from June till the first frosts wither the leaves; it is far less coarse than the potatoe; the flower, when full blown, is about the size of a half crown, and quite flat; I think it is what you call salver-shaped: it delights in light loamy soil, growing on the upturned roots of fallen trees, where the ground is inclined to be sandy.
The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850
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On a salver was a stack of programs for different ballets.
Three Stations : An Arkady Renko Novel Martin Cruz Smith 2010
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Stafford near Dunrobin Castle in Sutherlandshire, in which the usual ringent form of the corolla was replaced by the form called salver-shaped.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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He held a salver in his hand, and on the salver was a letter.
From out the Vasty Deep Marie Belloc Lowndes 1907
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While he was speaking the servant entered with a salver, and on the salver was a note.
Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange John Oliver Hobbes 1886
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The salver, which is 18.75 inches (abou 48 cm) in diameter, is decorated with figures from mythology.
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The salver, which is 18.75 inches (abou 48 cm) in diameter, is decorated with figures from mythology.
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The name "salver," commonly applied to a tray or waiter, seems to have originated from the old custom of tasting meats before they were served, to salve or save their employers from harm.
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The photos were genuine, but characterised by the fact that they were all taken in the middle of dinner and Mr Mifsud was standing behind the celebrities, usually holding a silver salver of mixed seasonal vegetables.
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The picture turns out to be as circular as the salver.
Gauguin: Maker of Myth Laura Cumming 2010
jaime_d commented on the word salver
From "A Field of Snow on a Slope of the Rosenberg" by Guy Davenport.
January 19, 2010