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Definition of Oversalt
1. to salt to excess [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversalt
Literary usage of Oversalt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A German-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1917)
"Vers., abbrev. (Versuch) experiment, test, effort. versagen, vt deny, refuse;
promise.—vi fail to work, miss. versalzen, vt oversalt; ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"Nor do all who oversalt them, gauge their hand to the exact degree of spoliation
we have just described. That, we admit, is an extreme case, ..."
3. The Works of John Robinson, Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers by John Robinson, Robert Ashton (1851)
"... excuse for him that hath plenty to be excessive ; more than for the cook that
had made the ment oversalt, to say, that ho had a store of salt by him. ..."
4. The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall by Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter (1863)
"... and might well spare it, said, " If thy cook shall oversalt thy broth, and
when he is chid for it shall say, ' I have store enough of salt lying by me,' ..."
5. Vikings of to Day: Or, Life and Medical Work Among the Fishermen of Labrador by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1896)
"... to " saltburn," or oversalt, whereby much valuable salt is wasted. This salt
comes all the way from Cadiz by the same vessels that take the fish away. ..."
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