salver
11salver — [17] The word salver recalls the ancient practice of paranoid monarchs employing a special servant to taste their food before it was committed to the royal mouth, in case it was poisoned. The Spanish term for this was salva, a derivative of the… …
12salver — [[t]sæ̱lvə(r)[/t]] salvers N COUNT A salver is a flat object, usually made of silver, on which things are carried. ...silver salvers laden with flutes of champagne …
13salver — noun (C) a large metal plate used for serving food or drink at a formal meal: a silver salver …
14salver — [17] The word salver recalls the ancient practice of paranoid monarchs employing a special servant to taste their food before it was committed to the royal mouth, in case it was poisoned. The Spanish term for this was salva, a derivative of the… …
15Salver-shaped — Sal ver shaped , a. (Bot.) Tubular, with a spreading border. See {Hypocraterimorphous}. [1913 Webster] …
16salver-shaped — adjective see salverform * * * salˈver shaped or salˈverform adjective (botany) (of a corolla) having a long tube with terminal petals spread out flat • • • Main Entry: ↑salver …
17salver — noun Etymology: modification of French salve, from Spanish salva sampling of food to detect poison, tray, from salvar to save, sample food to detect poison, from Late Latin salvare to save more at save Date: circa 1661 a tray especially for… …
18salver — /sal veuhr/, n. a tray, esp. one used for serving food or beverages. [1655 65; < Sp salv(a) kind of tray (orig. protective foretasting, deriv. of salvar to save < L salvare) + ER1] * * * …
19salver — noun a) One who salves or cures. b) One who pretends to cure; quacksalver …
20salver — sal|ver [ sælvər ] noun count a flat metal object like a large plate, used for serving food or drinks …
