sallet

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And, I think, this word sallet was born to do me good: for, many a time, but for a sallet, my brain-pan had been cleft with a brown bill; and, many a time, when I have been dry and bravely marching, it hath served me instead of a quart-pot to drink in; and now the word sallet must serve me to feed on Enter IDEN, with Servants, behind.

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  1. noun A light, late medieval helmet with a brim flaring in the back, sometimes fitted with a visor.

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  • Common Names: poke, pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot, polk salad, polk sallet, inkberry or ombú. —  Find Me A Cure
  • The model predicted the transitions from hydrodynamic to long slugs with satisfactory agreements, however it underpredicts the average slug length at relatively large mixture velocities. darby fauske_64 lenzing lng sallet_82 sallet-89 sallet_91 sv —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Although the proposed turbulence models reproduce the key parameters of annular flow well (average liquid film thickness and pressure gradient) and the predicted velocity profiles for the core flow compare favorably with available core flow velocity measurements, a more accurate experimental database is required to further improve the models accuracy and range of applicability. darby fauske_64 lenzing lng sallet_82 sallet-89 sallet_91 sv —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • I imagine I can see that pot of fat black and sallet, —  The Big Apple
  • And, I think, this word sallet was born to do me good: for, many a time, but for a sallet, my brain-pan had been cleft with a brown bill; and, many a time, when I have been dry and bravely marching, it hath served me instead of a quart-pot to drink in; and now the word sallet must serve me to feed on Enter IDEN, with Servants, behind. —  Highways ; Byways in Sussex
 

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  1. Middle English salet, from Old French sallade, from Old Spanish celada or Old Italian celata, both probably from Latin caelāta (cassis), engraved (helmet), feminine past participle of caelāre, to engrave, from caelum, chisel; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also sallett, salet, also salad, sallad, sallade, salade, from Middle English salette (confused in spelling with salad, also spelled sallet), properly salade, from Old French salade, sallade, a helmet, head-piece, = Spanish Portuguese celada, a helmet (cf. Spanish celar, engrave, celadura, enamel, inlaying), from Italian celata, a helmet, from Latin cælata, sc. cassis, an engraved or ornamented helmet, feminine past participle of cælare, engrave: see ceil and celure.
 

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