SALVAGING

Verb

salvaging

present participle of salvage

Noun

salvaging (plural salvagings)

The act by which something is salvaged.

Source: Wiktionary


SALVAGE

Sal"vage (; 48), n. Etym: [F. salvage, OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See Save.]

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. (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.

Sal"vage, a. & n.

Definition: Savage. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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