An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
To calm or assuage.
To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.
Hail; a greeting.