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.

Tea made with saltish water, and salt sheep's milk, have been the only drawbacks of the six days' march.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Its physical properties are known to every one—it is a thickish, nearly opaque fluid, of a peculiar odor, saltish taste, etc.

From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Knowlton, Charles

Lymph, limf, n. water: a colourless or faintly-yellowish fluid in animal bodies, of a rather saltish taste, and with an alkaline reaction.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various