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, 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. MaritimeLaw (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.
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Sal"vage, a. & n.
Savage.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
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