Poor Philpot, when he dined with the Guild of Merchant Tailors, they gave him a gold box with their arms upon it-a goose proper, with needles Saltier wise, or something of that kind; and they made him free of their 'ancient and loyal corporation,' and gave him a very grand dinner.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Receding from the Megna, the water became Saltier, and Nipa fruticans appeared, throwing up pale yellow-green tufts of feathery leaves, from a short thick creeping stem, and bearing at the base of the leaves its great head of nuts, of which millions were floating on the waters, and vegetating in the mud.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker
The Saltier meat is, the longer it should be boiled.
"The American Frugal Housewife"
Lydia M. Child