salvage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: salvage	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salvage n property or goods saved from damage or destruction the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire v save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, salve, relieve, save] collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" Synonym(s): salvage, scavenge
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.