the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable.
n. Salt.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Salt: a word much used by the older chemists and in pharmacy.
n. A large gregarious tree, Shorea robusta, natural order Dipterocarpeæ, of northern India.
Word Usage
"Second Book rendering _salis avarus_ by _de sal avariento_ -- the second person singular of the present indicative of the verb _salire_ being mistaken for the genitive of the substantive _sal_ [271] -- we may perhaps conclude that a boyish exercise has somehow escaped destruction."