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Salving

Salve \Salve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salved; p. pr. & vb. n. Salving.] [AS. sealfian to anoint. See Salve, n.]

  1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
    --Shak.

  2. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.

    But Ebranck salved both their infamies With noble deeds.
    --Spenser.

    What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence?
    --Milton.

Wiktionary
salving

vb. (present participle of salve English)

WordNet
salving

adj. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin [syn: demulcent, emollient, softening]

Usage examples of "salving".

I did not care to waste any energy on salving the discomfiture of the frightened ape within me, who thought he might fall out of this green-glowing tree.