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dry-salt

[drahy-sawlt]

dry-salt

[drahy-sawlt]
verb (used with object)
to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.

Origin:
1615–25
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dry-salt
 
vb
to preserve (food) by salting and removing moisture

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