Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as saline.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Saline.

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  • adjective obsolete saline

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Examples

  • Here and there, shining like pieces of broken glass, were salinous lagoons, which increased the difficulty of the journey as the travelers had to wind round them to get past.

    In Search of the Castaways 2003

  • Here and there, shining like pieces of broken glass, were salinous lagoons, which increased the difficulty of the journey as the travelers had to wind round them to get past.

    In Search of the Castaways 1873

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