saltish

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They sipped on their saltish Kashmiri pink tea a little longer instead of starting on the buffet their host had set out.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2017

In a hemorrhage from the lungs, the sufferer is quick to notice in the mouth the warm and saltish taste.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

The well El-Kusayr, just below the ruin, though at present closed, yielded till lately a large quantity: about half a mile to the westward is, or rather was, a saltish pit surrounded by four sweet.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

At the depth of 1,222 feet the water became saltish, then sulphury.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

Unlike horses I saw at Waikiki, which shut their eyes and plunged their heads into water up to their ears, in search of a saltish weed which grows in the lagoons.

From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)