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drysalter

drysalter noun: a dealer in chemicals used in the arts (oils, preservatives etc.) as well as, often, preserved foodstuffs including pickles or salted meats.

Noun

drysalter (plural drysalters)

  1. (historical) A dealer in chemicals used in the arts (oils, preservatives etc.) as well as, often, preserved foodstuffs including pickles or salted meats.
    • How striking it was to find such sentiments in a man who had risen from nothing to a great fortune, as a dry-salter in London.1790, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 82

Forms of drysalter

pluraldrysalters

Origin of drysalter

From dry + salter.

Questions about drysalter

What does drysalter mean?
Drysalter means a dealer in chemicals used in the arts (oils, preservatives etc.) as well as, often, preserved foodstuffs including pickles or salted meats.
What part of speech is drysalter?
Drysalter is a noun.
What is the plural of drysalter?
The plural of drysalter is drysalters.

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  6. drysalter
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  10. dryscape
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