Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
psalm . - noun A name sometimes used in Great Britain for one fourth of a ton, five hundredweight, or 560 pounds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs2E Psalm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
psalm .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word salm.
Examples
-
Eat ye up, heat ye up! sings the somun in the salm.
Finnegans Wake 2006
-
To smoke the fish, remove the salm on from the brine and pat it dry with paper towels.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
-
To smoke the fish, remove the salm on from the brine and pat it dry with paper towels.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
-
To smoke the fish, remove the salm on from the brine and pat it dry with paper towels.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
-
P before s and t is mute; as in psalm, pseudo, ptarmigan; pronounced salm, sudo, tarmigan.
The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Joseph Triemens
-
If we wisht tu reit historikali, we ought tu reit _salm_ insted ov
Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays 1861
-
The last of all was he sade he had one porsian to leau with me, which was cast into his mind to leau with me as his farewell 9 the 2 salm, last uers, ading he did beleau the Lord would saue my children & my husbands too.
-
The minute he’s caught with the gun the brother is a “felon in posession” and is going back to prison ... if they bother to take him to trial for the salm-dunk charge.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Mayor Bloomberg’s gun show bill 2010
-
The minute he’s caught with the gun the brother is a “felon in posession” and is going back to prison... if they bother to take him to trial for the salm-dunk charge.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Mayor Bloomberg’s gun show bill 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.