SALT.NaCl....made
the world go round -
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community's vocabulary, and possibly the population's behaviour has been
drastically influenced by references to the supply, trading, consumption,
and possession of salt. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, salt was so
important to the development of civilisations, that any inconsistency of
supplies, or lack of control of the sources of salt, could be detrimental
to the community independence, and liberty .
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SALT TERMINOLOGY notes
Webster Definition for "SALT" Cross references:
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1. san.guine \'san-gw*n\ \-gw*n-n*s\ aj [ME sanguin, fr.
MF, fr. L sanguineus, fr. sanguin-, sangu]is DUNALIELLA ALGAE: An Halophilic algae which grows
in BLOOD: |
THE TOWN of SALT Salt, As-, also spelled SALT, or ES-SALT, town, west-central
Jordan. It is on the old main highway (often called the |
GENERAL TERMS |
OTHER SALT roots:
Word: salann (SAH-luhn) [sal@n] IRISH WORD Meaning: salann
= salt Usage: Cuir salann ar na glasraí. (KWIHR SAH-luhn ehr nuh
GLAHS-ree) [kir' sal@n er' n@ glasri:] = Put salt on the vegetables. "Is
sibhse salann na talún." (ISH SHIHV-shuh SAH-luhn nuh TAH-loon)
[is s'iv's'@ sal@n n@ talu:n] = You are the salt of the earth. (Matthew
5:13) D'íosfainn le gráinnín salainn é! (JEES-een
luh GRAWN-yeen SAH-lihn yay) [d'i:s@n' l'@ gra:n'i:n' sal@n' e:] = I hate
his guts! (lit., I'd eat him with a pinch of salt.)
History: Old Irish "salann", Welsh "halen" and Breton
"holen" all come from Indo-European *sal- (salt).
Scottish Gaelic: salann
. Camden's Britannia published in 1607 the word "wiccj = salt pittes The salt makers or "wallers" derived from the anglo saxon "waellere" a boiler, [german = wallen -to boil. sal.tern \'so.l-t*rn\ n [OE sealtern, fr. sealt salt + rn house; akin to ON]rann house : a place where salt is made by boiling or evaporation Salt was sold by the Mittae at Droitwich and then later by the bushel which is not recorded in England before 1086. The Mittae at Droitwich was equivalent to four bushels or two hundredweight or a horseload (as recorded by the Rev.Hale), whereas in Cheshire a horse could carry 6 bushels because the weight of each bushel was less than a Droitwich bushel.The wiches...(Droitwich...etc UK etc) were producing salt from the salt springs for the Romans and continued to do so, up to the begining of this century |
hale[adj]=healthy>>halitosis[n]=fetor>> |
The Encyclopedia of the Bible (edited originally Marijnen)
says about Melech: "`King.' Name of a deity venerated by the Ammonites
under the name of Milcom. The Israelites worshipped him under the name
of Molech." And under Molech: "A West Semitic (especially Canaanitic
and Phoenician) deity." Also, "In the Hebrew O.T. the form is
actually Molek. The etymology of the word is uncertain; it means `king'
in Hebrew and `prince' or `regent' in Akkadian, where it takes the form
Malik or . . . Malkum." The Larousse says the Baal of Tyre was solar
and was later also marine. It says his title was "Melkart, `God of
the City.'" And it says Philo, in his History of the Uranides,"
identified Melkart with Heracles (born of Demarus). In exchange of Baal-Moloch
and Astarte, as they were called in Tyr and Sidon, they called them Baal-Haman
and Tanit. Behind those there were Melkarth, which means `key of the city,'
Eshmun, lord of riches and health, and finally, Dido herself, the founder
of the city, which had the same place in Carthage than Quirinus in Rome."
The many variations on spellings gathered are as follows:
Melech, Molech, Milcom, Melkom, Moloch, Molek, Malec, Malik, Melek, Malkum,
Melqart, Melkart, Milk, and Melqarth. In Islamic belief this deity is called
Malec or Malik, and considered to be the principle angel in charge in Djahannam,
their version of hell (Mercatante). The Jews say Malakh ha-Mavet is the
Angel of Death, that "malak" means "angel" or "messenger,"
and that "melek" means "king" (The New Jewish Encyclopedia).
BTW - The Larousse says Eshmun = Adonis. [private communication: GWEN SAYLOR
1996] ]
VATICAN
One needs to check a history of the Vatican States from 1492 on through
the early 16th century. Umbria being so close to Rome, that's where the
rebellions first occurred, especially in Terni, when the Pope flexed his
tax muscle. The unsalted bread refered to (pane sciapo) is also called
"pane di Terni" for the same reason. What began as a political
and economic protest wound up catching on as a regional taste. I'm not
sure who the Pope was at the time of the first rebellion, but it may have
been the same Sixtus remembered for the Sistine Chapel. Spanish and Portuguese
Indiana University [private comm. d.Bloch 1994]
Many of the words used by the Arabs in describing science have been retained and have entered the English language. The major contributions of the Islamic culture were in three areas of science: chemistry, mathematics, and astronomy. In chemistry, Arabic words include alcohol, alkali (from al-quali, the saltwork ashes), niter (from which word we get nitrate), alkahest (the universal solvent, sought by the alchemists), and alembic (a distilling flask). In mathematics, some of the Arabic terms are algorithm, algebra, and arithmetic.
SALT WAYS - ROUTES:
Saumweg - general expression for route. [animal transport] meaning "salt
way". [ do'saumer' 'Salway', eg 'Solway' , 'Silk' road - KINGS WAY
[Hebrew - derech hamelech]
One of the earliest pure substances of commerce was common salt (NaCl, sodium chloride). This was obtained from salt water, either the sea or salt springs, by evaporation. The evaporation could take place in natural rock hollows or in specially built basins, and both were in use well before historical records begin. Salt was of great use in food preservation and is a necessary part of a human diet. Since dry salt is fairly easily transportable, a commerce in it flourished in ancient times. Another chemical, similar to salt but less useful, known to the ancient world was soda or natron (Na2CO3, sodium carbonate) which was obtained from natural deposits such as those of the Wadi Natron in Egypt. It was used for cleansing and medicinal purposes.
WORDS for "PEACE" in different languages:
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WORDS for "WAR" in different languages MELAHAMA = Hebrew eg: "an ado about Salt" |
FAMILY SURNAMES:
Levinstein, Silverstein, Salzman, Levin, Zilberstein, Levana , Salomon,
Seligman, Weisman, H