·adj Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
II. Saline ·adj A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
III. Saline ·noun A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
IV. Saline ·noun A metallic salt; ·esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
V. Saline ·adj Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.