\Sa"line\ (? or ?; 277), a. [F. salin, fr. L. sal salt:
cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See {Salt}.]
1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline
   particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.
2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.

\Sa"line\ (? or ?; 277), n. [Cf. F. saline. See {Saline},
a.]
A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the
earth.

\Sal"ine\, n.
1. (Chem.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues
   and other similar sources. [Written also {salin}.]
2. (Med. Chem.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium,
   sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.