drysalter en · NOUN
Etymology
From dry + salter.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| drysalters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |