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sal⋅ver

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–noun
a tray, esp. one used for serving food or beverages.
Origin:
1655–65; < Sp salv(a) kind of tray (orig. protective foretasting, deriv. of salvar to save < L salvāre) + -er 1
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sal·ver   (sāl'vər)   
n.  A tray for serving food or drinks.

[Alteration of French salve, from Spanish salva, tasting of food to detect poison, salver, from salvar, to save, taste food to detect poison, from Late Latin salvāre, to save; see salvage.]
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salver 
1661, "tray," formed in Eng. on the model of platter, etc., from Fr. salve "tray used for presenting objects to the king," from Sp. salva "a testing of food or drink" to test for poison (a procedure known as pre-gustation), hence "tray on which food was placed to show it was safe to eat," from salvar "to save, render safe," from L.L. salvare (see save).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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