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Salvage
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, 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. The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
3. That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved. Kent. Abbot.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Savage. [Obs.] Spenser.