salo

n. [ Salicylic + -ol. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Salimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Salimetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Saloon. ] 1. An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the
Old Salon.
New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. salon (cf. It. salone), fr. F. salle a large room, a hall, of German or Dutch origin; cf. OHG. sal house, hall, G. saal; akin to AS. sael, sele, D. zaal, Icel. salr, Goth. saljan to dwell, and probably to L. solum ground. Cf. Sole of the foot, Soil ground, earth. ] 1. A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing saloons [ at Athens. ] J. P. Mahaffy. [ 1913 Webster ]