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Galician
Etymology
From sal (“salt”) and xema (“gem”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sal xema f (uncountable)
- (uncountable) rock salt
- Synonym: sal de roca
1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 184:E se os ollos teveren pano vello ou rezente, filla a siba e o sarro da cuba e a sal gema, tanto de ũu como doutro, e fage poo de todo e peneirao moi ben e lançao nos ollos deste poo por ũu canudo duas vezes no dia asaz del- And if the eyes have old or recent cloth, take cuttlefish bone and wine tartar and rock salt, as much of one as of the other, and make a powder of everything and sieve it well; and with a tube throw a good quantity of it in the eyes, twice a day
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