Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Injured by oversalting, or by lying too long in salt, as fish.
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Examples
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Nick hit the water and went deep and felt the shatter-shock when he emerged, lungs tight and eyes salt-burned, the bracing change of worlds.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Nick hit the water and went deep and felt the shatter-shock when he emerged, lungs tight and eyes salt-burned, the bracing change of worlds.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Nick hit the water and went deep and felt the shatter-shock when he emerged, lungs tight and eyes salt-burned, the bracing change of worlds.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Without rains to flush the salt-burned marshes and prairies, production of salt-intolerant vegetation was greatly reduced.
chron.com Chronicle 2009
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