salver

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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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  1. noun A tray for serving food or drinks.

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  • At $150 per plate, I don't plan on buying too many of these, but I'm curious: where does the term salver come from? —  The Word Detective
  • The word salver itself comes from the French salve , in turn based on the Latin salvare , meaning "to save." —  The Word Detective
  • The part cut off was then handed round on a silver salver, as if to force all present to attest that the rite had been performed. —  The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II
  • The salver, which is 18.75 inches (abou 48 cm) in diameter, is decorated with figures from mythology. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • [202:1] And a salver is one who undertakes to perform cures by the application of ointments or cerates. —  Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
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  1. Alteration of French salve, from Spanish salva, tasting of food to detect poison, salver, from salvar, to save, taste food to detect poison, from Late Latin salvāre, to save; see salvage.

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  1. from Middle English *salvere (= D. Middle Dutch salver, zalver = Old High German salbari, salpari, German salber); from salve + -er. Cf. quacksalver.
  2. from salve + -er.
  3. An altered form, with accommodation suffix -er, of *salva, from Spanish salva (= Portuguese salva), a plate on which anything is presented, also the previous tasting of viands before they are served up, from salvar (= Portuguese salvar), save, free from risk, taste food or drink of one's master (to save him from poison), from Late Latin salvare, save: see save, safe. Cf. Italian credenza, faith, credit, belief, also sideboard, cupboard: see credence.
 

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/ˈsælvər/
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