Both Uses of
salutation
in
Wuthering Heights
- A more elastic footstep entered next; and now I opened my mouth for a 'good-morning,' but closed it again, the salutation unachieved; for Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orison SOTTO VOCE, in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts.†
p. 20.8
- 'Papa!' she exclaimed, after the morning's salutations, 'guess whom I saw yesterday, in my walk on the moors.†
p. 161.6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(salutation) a greeting -- such as "Hi", "Dear John:", or "Ladies and Gentlemen"
or:
the act of greeting -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, a salutation can refer to a gesture or verbal acknowledgement of someone's departure.