Both Uses of
salutation
in
Gulliver's Travels
- After the common salutations were over, observing his lordship's countenance full of concern, and inquiring into the reason, he desired "I would hear him with patience, in a matter that highly concerned my honour and my life."†
Chpt 1 *
- After salutation, observing me to look earnestly upon a frame, which took up the greatest part of both the length and breadth of the room, he said, "Perhaps I might wonder to see him employed in a project for improving speculative knowledge, by practical and mechanical operations.†
Chpt 3
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.