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

The sweat is a turbid, saltish fluid with a feeble but characteristic odor due to certain volatile fatty acids.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

The waters of the Ocean became saltish owing to the curse of a Rishi.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

One might say, to be sure, that they were a little saltish, and then again, with that exception, there was no remarkable flavor; but that might be the rarity, not to have any flavor.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

Middle Miocene.—Sandstone containing quartz, intercalated with marl of a saltish taste.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various