DCHP-3

salt spring

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a small spring or stream containing salt from local deposits and used by animals as a source of salt.

See: lick(def. 1),salt lick(def. 1),salt-water creek

Quotations

1822
There are likewise salt-licks or springs.
1851
Several salt springs issue at its foot, and spread over the plain.
1867
These island marine plants have only as yet been detected on . the borders of large swamps or in the immediate vicinity of salt springs and "salt licks."