drysalter means A dealer in chemicals used in the arts (oils, preservatives etc.) as well as, often, preserved foodstuffs including pickles or salted meats. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
From dry + salter.
noun
- A dealer in chemicals used in the arts (oils, preservatives etc.) as well as, often, preserved foodstuffs including pickles or salted meats.“How striking it was to find such sentiments in a man who had risen from nothing to a great fortune, as a dry-salter in London.”