Hypertext Webster Gateway: "salvage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Salvage \Sal"vage\, a. & n.
Savage. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Salvage \Sal"vage\ (?; 48), n. [F. salvage, OF. salver to save,
F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See {Save}.]
1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of
the sea.
Salvage of life from a British ship, or a foreign
ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of
goods. --Encyc. Brit.
2. (Maritime Law)
(a) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily
assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
(b) That part of the property that survives the peril and
is saved. --Kent. Abbot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
salvage
n 1: property or goods saved from damage or destruction
2: the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of
damage or destruction
3: the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a
shipwreck or a fire
v 1: save from ruin or destruction [syn: {salve}, {relieve}, {save}]
2: collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the
garbage cans for food" [syn: {scavenge}]
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