salvage

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As to the brigantine, the Captain of her, whom we put in again out of civility, has used us in a very rascally manner; for he ran away from us in the night with the vessel, & no doubt designed to cheat us out of our salvage, which is the half of brig & cargo, the enemy having had possession of her for 22 days.

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  1. noun The rescue of a ship, its crew, or its cargo from fire or shipwreck.
  2. noun The ship, crew, or cargo so rescued.
  3. noun Compensation given to those who voluntarily aid in such a rescue.
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  • Natasha took the two they could salvage, and went searching for children among the people huddled at the river's edge, serfs and aged townsfolk, living on belt leather and boiled grass. —  FSFDec2003
  • And if they had, she would have scooped them up, with all the other battered pretties, and added them to the wealth of trash jewels that swung from the nets reinforcing her battered carapace They would have called her salvage, if there were anyone left to salvage her. —  Asimov'sSF,June2007
  • She had a great deal of new wood in her hull, did Celestine , but salvage was a way of life in the backriver. —  Cherryh, CJ - Hestia (v1.0) (html)
  • I wasn't so much interested in salvage, although I'd been known to sell minor items. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2008
  • Unserviceable clothing was sent for salvage, and useless footwear was taken to pieces and remade as far as possible, what was left over being converted into leather dust. —  Commandant of Auschwitz
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  1. Obsolete French, from Old French salvaige, right of salvage, from Late Latin salvāre, from Latin salvus, safe; see sol- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French salvage, saving (used in the phrase droit de salvage) (cf. French sauvetage, salvage, from sauveter, make a salvage, from sauveté, safety), from salver, sauver, save: see save.
 

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