Definition for SA'LI-ENT

SA'LI-ENT, a.2 [L. saliens, from salio, to leap or shoot out.]

  1. Leaping; moving by leaps; as frogs. – Brown.
  2. Beating; throbbing; as the heart. – Blackmore.
  3. Shooting out or up; springing; darting; as, a salient sprout. – Pope.

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