'Salving' definitions:

Definition of 'salving'

adjective

Having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin [syn: demulcent, emollient, salving, softening]

From: GCIDE

Salve \Salve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salved; p. pr. & vb. n. Salving.] [AS. sealfian to anoint. See Salve, n.]
1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over. [1913 Webster]
But Ebranck salved both their infamies With noble deeds. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence? --Milton. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]