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salt⋅ern
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tərn
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–noun
1.
a saltworks.
2.
a plot of land laid out in pools for the evaporation of seawater to produce salt.
Origin:
bef. 900;
OE
sealtærn
saltworks (not recorded in ME), equiv. to
sealt
salt
1
+
ærn
building, house
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salt·ern
(sôl'tərn)
n. A saltworks.
[Old English
sealtærn
:
sealt
,
salt
; see
salt
+
ærn
,
house
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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[sawl-tern] 
(sôl'tərn)