Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Saline \Sa"line\ (? or ?; 277), a. [F. salin, fr. L. sal salt:
   cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See {Salt}.]
   1. Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline
      particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.

   2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.

Saline \Sa"line\ (? or ?; 277), n. [Cf. F. saline. See {Saline},
   a.]
   A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the
   earth.

Saline \Sal"ine\, n.
   1. (Chem.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues
      and other similar sources. [Written also {salin}.]

   2. (Med. Chem.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium,
      sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.

Source : WordNet®

saline
     adj : containing salt; "a saline solution"; "salty tears" [syn: {salty}]
     n : an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
         [syn: {saline solution}]