Sal"ad (săl"ad), n. [F.
salade, OIt. salata, It. insalata, fr.
salare to salt, fr. L. sal salt. See Salt, and
cf. Slaw.] 1. A preparation of vegetables,
as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with
salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other
food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.
Leaves eaten raw are termed salad.
I. Watts.
2. A dish composed of chopped meat or fish,
esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and
seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken
salad; lobster salad.
Salad burnet (Bot.), the common burnet
(Poterium Sanguisorba), sometimes eaten as a salad in
Italy.
Sal"ad (săl"ad), n. [F.
salade, OIt. salata, It. insalata, fr.
salare to salt, fr. L. sal salt. See Salt, and
cf. Slaw.] 1. A preparation of vegetables,
as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with
salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other
food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.
Leaves eaten raw are termed salad.
I. Watts.
2. A dish composed of chopped meat or fish,
esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and
seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken
salad; lobster salad.
Salad burnet (Bot.), the common burnet
(Poterium Sanguisorba), sometimes eaten as a salad in
Italy.
