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/sˈælvədʒ/ /sˈælvɪdʒ/ Listen

noun

Salvage n.

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."

(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.

adjective

Salvage adj., n. Savage. (Obs.)

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"Salvage" Quotes from Famous Books

... raised his hat," went on Cecilia, "and said: 'Very well. But I'll find you, anyhow. I'm going to claim my rights of salvage.' Then he gave money to the cab-driver and told him to take me where I wanted to go, and walked away. ...

— Options • O. Henry

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... Britains, by the nature of the soil, which is a soure, woodsere land, very natural for the production of oaks especially; one may conclude, that this North-Division was a shady, dismal wood; and the inhabitants almost as salvage as the beasts, whose skins were their only raiment. The language, British (which for the honour of it, was in those days spoken from the Orcades to Italy and Spain). The boats on the Avon (which ...

— Miscellanies upon Various Subjects • John Aubrey

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... salvage on her," said Captain Pincher, "because if she's still afloat, she ain't likely to get in the track of any bloody steamer. I've heard of those derelic's wanderin' roun' a bloody lifetime, especially if they're loaded with lumber. They end up ...

— Mystic Isles of the South Seas. • Frederick O'Brien

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... in a dream? Was this a pantomime shipwreck? Then it occurred to me that the captain was so sure of being ultimately able to help himself that he preferred from motives of economy to decline assistance which would involve a heavy salvage claim. ...

— The Ghost - A Modern Fantasy • Arnold Bennett

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... must be the pork and beans." However, he collected eight puzzled but peaceful mules and handed them to a still more bewildered adjutant, who knew not if they were "trench stores" or "articles to be returned to salvage." ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Aug 15, 1917 • Various

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