All 3 Uses of
salve
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- He bellowed when Mother tried to apply the salve.†
Chpt 1 *
- Caterpillars one after another I laid on my tongue, their char crisp bristle taste a sweet momentary salve to a body aching for protein.†
Chpt 4
- In spite of poetry and beautiful clothes, such people were surely not fully human—were primitive; that's a word the Portuguese must have used, to salve their conscience for what was to come.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
a cream or liquid put onto skin to make it feel better or heal
or:
anything that eases pain or anxiety; or the act of doing such
or:
anything that eases pain or anxiety; or the act of doing such