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n. [ OE. psalm, salm, AS. sealm, L. psalmus, psalma, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to pull, twitch, to play upon a stringed instrument, to sing to the harp: cf. OF. psalme, salme, F. psaume. ] 1. A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

Humus devout and holy psalms
Singing everlastingly. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, one of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To extol in psalms; to sing; as, psalming his praises. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. psalmista, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. psalmiste. See Psalm. ] 1. A writer or composer of sacred songs; -- a title particularly applied to David and the other authors of the Scriptural psalms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) A clerk, precentor, singer, or leader of music, in the church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The use of psalms in devotion; psalmody. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. psalmodique. ] Relating to psalmody. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice psalmody. “ The psalmodizing art.” J. G. Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; psalm + &unr_; a song, an ode: cf. F. psalmodie, LL. psalmodia. See Psalm, and Ode. ] The act, practice, or art of singing psalms or sacred songs; also, psalms collectively, or a collection of psalms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Psalmographer. ] A writer of psalms; a psalmographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. psalmographus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a psalm + &unr_; to write. ] A writer of psalms, or sacred songs and hymns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. psalmographie. ] The act or practice of writing psalms, or sacred songs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Psalm. [ Obs2E ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. salmigondis, of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. salgama condita, pl.; salgama pickles + condita preserved (see Condite); or from the Countess Salmagondi, lady of honor to Maria de Medici, who is said to have invented it; or cf. It. salame salt meat, and F. salmis a ragout. ] 1. A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cookery) Same as Salmis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. salmiac, G. salmiak. ] (Old Chem.) Sal ammoniac. See under Sal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Cookery) A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Salmons it>or (collectively) Salmon. [ OE. saumoun, salmon, F. saumon, fr. L. salmo, salmonis, perhaps from salire to leap. Cf. Sally, v. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat. [ 1913 Webster ]

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☞ The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse. Among the true salmons are:
Black salmon, or
Lake salmon, the namaycush. --
Dog salmon, a salmon of Western North America (Oncorhynchus keta). --
Humpbacked salmon, a Pacific-coast salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). --
King salmon, the quinnat. --
Landlocked salmon, a variety of the common salmon (var. Sebago), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea. This last is called also dwarf salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called jack salmon; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called kelp salmon; young pollock, called sea salmon; and the California yellowtail. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Salmon berry (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from Alaska to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus. --
Salmon killer (Zool.), a stickleback (Gasterosteus cataphractus) of Western North America and Northern Asia. --
Salmon ladder,
Salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under Fish. --
Salmon peel, a young salmon. --
Salmon pipe, a certain device for catching salmon. Crabb. --
Salmon trout. (Zool.) (a) The European sea trout (Salmo trutta). It resembles the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more numerous scales. (b) The American namaycush. (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black spotted trout (Salmo purpuratus), and to the steel head and other large trout of the Pacific coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ After Daniel E. Salmon, a U. S. pathologist (1850-1914). ] A genus of gram-negative bacteria that may be motile or non-motile; they are typically rod-shaped and may be aerobic or facultatively aerobic. They may be pathogenic for humans and other animals. Their metabolism is fermentative, and they produce acid and usually gas from glucose, but they do not metabolize lactose. The type species is Salmonella cholerae-suis, which is found in pigs. Other species, pathogenic in man, are Salmonella typhi (Salmonella typhosa), Salmonella typhimurium, and Salmonella schotmulleri, whih cause typhoid fever, food poisoning, and enteric fever, respectively. Stedman. [ PJC ]

n. Infection with bacteria of the genus Salmonella. Stedman. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. Samlet. ] (Zool.) A salmon of small size; a samlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Salmon + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon. -- n. Any fish of the family Salmonidae. [ 1913 Webster ]