salvagen.
/ˈsalvɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈsælvɪdʒ/ 1. A payment or compensation to which those persons are entitled who have by their voluntary efforts saved a ship or its cargo from impending peril or rescued it from actual loss; e.g. from shipwreck or from capture by the enemy (called respectively civil and military or hostile salvage).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > payment for capture or return of person or property > for salvage
salvage1645
salvage money1661
1645 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) I. 186 Whether the Ambassadors had not cause to have acknowledged a kind and good respect in taking of Custom, or Silvage only, of that Ship.
1648–9 Act Encouragem. Officers & Mariners §4 The Proprietor shall pay for salvage one moyety of the true value of such ship so retaken; which salvage..shall be divided and distributed proportionably to the Captain..and other Officers and Marriners.
1751 C. Viner Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity (new ed.) XIX. 276 And therefore they are ready to deliver the Goods, if the Plaintiff will pay them 4 l. for Salvage, &c.
1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 112 What..would satisfy the Captains, Officers and Men, for their renouncing all claim to the French property and all salvages.
1815 J. Dodson Rep. High Court Admiralty 1 317 Whether civil salvage is to be given to the king's ship, in addition to the military salvage, to which she is entitled under the statute.
1901 Scotsman 1 Mar. 9/2 The Admiralty court yesterday awarded..the Southampton tugs..a total salvage of £10,372 for services rendered to the Antwerp steamship.
2.
a. The action of saving a ship or its cargo from wreck, capture, etc. to make salvage of.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > salvaging operations
salvage1713
wrecking1804
wreck-works1903
1713 Act 13 Anne c. 21 §2 Three of the neighbouring Justices of the Peace..shall thereupon adjust the Quantum of the Monies or Gratuities to be paid to the several Persons acting or being imployed in the Salvage of the said Ship Vessel or Goods.
1851 C. Dickens Our Eng. Watering-place, Repr. Pieces (1868) 168 These men [boatmen] live chiefly on the salvage of valuable cargoes.
1857 T. F. Knowles in Mercantile Marine Mag. (1858) 5 57 In the salvage of the crew.., I have but done my duty.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 27 The stranger..succeeded in making salvage of Tom's coat.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 238/1 Salvage of life is rewarded at a higher rate than salvage of property.
b. gen. The saving of property from fire or other danger. (Cf. salvage corps n. at Compounds 2.) Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > of property from fire, etc.
salvage1878
1878 Hale Mrs. Merriam's Scholars xxiii. 236 (Funk) They had no thought of using these minutes for any salvage of their little personal effects in the school-room.
1902 Daily Chron. 1 July 4/3 The happy turn taken by the King's illness..is enabling some salvage to be made from the Coronation arrangements.
c. In wartime, esp. the war of 1939–45: the saving and collection of waste material, esp. paper, for recycling; also transferred, those who organized and carried out this collection.
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the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] > saving or economizing > measure taken in war-time
salvage1918
war economy1919
austerity1937
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > re-use > making available for
reclamation1909
recirculation1916
salvage1918
the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] > sparing or frugal person > those involved in war-time measures
salvage1944
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > re-use > making available for > those who
salvage1944
1918 Times 2 Mar. 3/5 A National Salvage Council has been set up with the approval of the War Cabinet to deal with the problems of civil salvage and the recovery of waste products generally.
1942 Oxf. Mag. 29 Jan. 147/1 Next week sees the end of the great drive for salvage of waste paper.
1943 Punch 20 Jan. 51/3 Careless of salvage we tore wildly at the wrapper and turned eagerly to the last page.
1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax i. 13 A large pile of empty bottles bore witness to the family's constant failure to remember which day the salvage called.
1946 R. Lehmann Gipsy's Baby and Other Stories 118 Found last week in turning out old papers for salvage.
1961 E. S. Turner Phoney War xx. 291 Some notable gestures were made that summer [in 1943] by persons whose idea of sacrifice was not fulfilled by lending money to the State at interest or putting out old love-letters for salvage.
3.
a. Property salved or saved.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > property saved or salvaged
salvage1755
society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [noun] > salvaging operations > material salvaged
salvage1755
1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 356 The trouble of Hinsch and Labée, who had been aboard the Ship, having chartered the same and took great Care of the Salvage.
1787 J. A. Park Syst. Law Marine Insurances 130 The question upon this case was, whether as the freight exceeded the salvage, this was not to be considered as a total loss.
1883 Sir W. B. Brett in Law Times Rep. 49 226/2 Whatever is recovered or preserved by the solicitor's exertions is to be treated as a salvage.
1893 Scotsman 28 June 7 Directly after the vessel disappeared beneath the water the boilers exploded with a loud report, throwing up a quantity of salvage.
b. transferred and figurative.
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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > that which is rescued
salvage1857
1857 J. Hamilton Lessons from Great Biogr. (1859) 106 The Sabbath..still survives, a small but precious salvage from the world's great shipwreck.
1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 15 June in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) 319 The broad eaves of the houses, too, make a salvage of shade, almost always.
1881 W. H. Mallock Romance 19th Cent. i. ii I still retain a certain salvage of wisdom.
c. Waste material, esp. paper, suitable for recycling. (Cf. sense 2c above.)
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > worth reclaiming
tot1874
salvage1939
1939 Times 11 Nov. 8/4 The salvage department will collect and organize the use of salvage.
1942 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 May 229/2 Recently,..a perfect copy of Von Gerning's ‘Tour Along the Rhine’, with colour plates by Ackermann, was sent to his firm as salvage, together with other fine volumes.
1943 G. Winn in S. Briggs Keep smiling Through (1975) 187 Queen Mary.., whenever she sees salvage lying around unclaimed—bones, bottles, scrap iron—Her Majesty stops the car, has it picked up, and taken home in triumph to the village dump.
1945 ‘R. Crompton’ William & Brains Trust xi. 204 We'll say we're collectin' salvage if anyone comes.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 237/2 The local Councils in many districts still undertake the collection of salvage.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. XII. 176/1 Industrial salvage arises in some form at nearly all factories. Apart from waste paper and canteen scraps, there are textile and chemical wastes, used oils, metal scrap, sawdust [etc.].
1978 M. Cadogan & P. Craig Women & Children First x. 213 Older children could help the war effort; they..collected salvage, joined fire-watching rotas.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
salvage brigade n.
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1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. ii. ii. 115 I propose to establish in every large town..‘A Household Salvage Brigade’,..entrusted with the task of collecting the waste of the houses in their circuit.
salvage campaign n.
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1942 A. P. Jephcott Girls growing Up iii. 47 Ordinary time-table lessons are suplemented by..salvage campaigns.
salvage collector n.
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1941 ‘R. Crompton’ William does his Bit vii. 165 (heading) William—the Salvage Collector.
1975 S. Briggs Keep Smiling Through 187 The salvage collector assured her that the letters would not be read, but suggested that she could tear them into small pieces.
salvage-drive n.
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1942 Ann. Reg. 1941 335 Such special occasions as a War Weapons Week or a Salvage Drive.
1952 R. A. Knox Hidden Stream p. vii My store of back-numbers is full to bursting again, and calls for a fresh salvage-drive.
salvage-dump n.
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1943 Punch 14 Apr. 321/1 Since picking out of the salvage-dump a book entitled Half-Hours with the Stars, my father, a municipal dustman, has become keen on astronomy.
salvage man n.
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a1945 in S. Briggs Keep smiling Through (1975) 187 The war is driving Hitler back But here's one way to win it: Just give your salvage men the sack And see there's plenty in it.
salvage operation n.
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1919 ‘Saki’ Fate in Toys of Peace 200 The billiard table..was not the best place to have chosen for the scene of salvage operations.
1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 4 June 2/2 Even filet mignon and Spencer steaks from Mr. Dumais' meat salvage operation went into hamburger.
salvage sack n.
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1942 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 May 229/2 Before dropping books into the salvage sack, owners have been urged..to consult the nearest public or university librarian or literary friend.
b.
salvage-minded adj.
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1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 13 June 23 (caption) I want all you hut orderlies to get salvage-minded and stay salvage-minded.
C2.
salvage archaeology n. = rescue archaeology at rescue n. Compounds 1c.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > types or branches of archaeology
prehistoric archaeology1865
ethnoarchaeology1879
archaeozoology1884
pot-hunting1893
rescue archaeology1946
archaeobotany1954
archaeomagnetism1958
archaeometry1958
astro-archaeology1965
salvage archaeology1967
zooarchaeology1967
archaeoastronomy1968
bioarchaeology1972
salvage excavation1972
1967 G. H. Grosso Cave Life on Palouse in Encycl. Sci. Suppl. (Grolier) 30 ‘Salvage archaeology’ became a way of life for anthropologists in Washington after Grand Coulee Dam created Roosevelt Lake more than 20 years ago.
1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 199/1 If the Canada Council spent 90 per cent of its funds on salvage archaeology in California, for example, defenders would be very hard to find.
salvage charge n.
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1813Salvage charge [see salvage loss n.].
salvage corps n. a body of men kept in some towns to save property from fire; a fire brigade.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fire-brigade > to save property from fire
salvage corps1866
1866 C. F. T. Young Fires 417 The following is a scheme for the formation of a salvage corps.
salvage excavation n. = rescue excavation at rescue n. Compounds 1c.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > types or branches of archaeology
prehistoric archaeology1865
ethnoarchaeology1879
archaeozoology1884
pot-hunting1893
rescue archaeology1946
archaeobotany1954
archaeomagnetism1958
archaeometry1958
astro-archaeology1965
salvage archaeology1967
zooarchaeology1967
archaeoastronomy1968
bioarchaeology1972
salvage excavation1972
1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 29 June 14/3 Provision for the preservation or salvage-excavation of archaeological and historical sites.
salvage loss n. (see quots.).
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1813 R. Stevens Ess. Average (1835) i. ii. 79 The charges incurred are called ‘salvage charges’—the property saved is ‘the salvage’,—and the difference between the amount of the salvage (after deducting the charges) and the original cost, or value of the property, is called ‘the salvage loss’.
1866 Arnould's Marine Insur. (ed. 3) II. iii. v. 838 The claim must be adjusted as a salvage loss—that is, the underwriter pays the difference between the prime cost, or insured value of the goods, and the net proceeds of the damaged sales.
salvage money n. = sense 1 above.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > payment for capture or return of person or property > for salvage
salvage1645
salvage money1661
1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Salvage Money, is a recompence, allowed by the Civil Law, in lieu of all damages sustained by that ship that rescues another ship, which was set upon by Pirates or Enemies.
1689 in Magens Insurances (1755) II. 473 The Recompence which shall be made to the Captain and Mariners of a Man of War, who retake a Ship or Vessel,..shall be paid out of the Salvage-Money.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
salvagev.
/ˈsalvɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈsælvɪdʒ/ 1. transitive. To make salvage of; to save or salve from shipwreck, fire, etc. Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)] > property from fire, etc.
redd1487
save1582
salve1706
salvage1889
1889 Times 25 Nov. 6/5 A gang of men were at once set to work to salvage and remove the remainder of the grain.
1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 July 2/2 Mr. Balfour, nevertheless, will endeavour to salvage enough Bills to reclaim the Session from absolute barrenness.
1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 842 The records were salvaged with little loss.
2. U.S. and Australian. To take (esp. euphemistic by misappropriation) and make use of (unemployed or unattended property).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (transitive)]
mitcha1393
pelfa1400
purloinc1475
prowl?1529
finger1530
pilfer1532
lurchc1565
filch1567
filch1574
proloyne1581
nim1606
hook1615
truff1718
snaffle1725
crib1735
pettifog1759
magg1762
niffle1785
cabbage1793
weed1811
nibble1819
cab1825
smouch1826
snuga1859
mooch1862
attract1891
souvenir1897
rat1906
snipe1909
promote1918
salvage1918
smooch1941
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > take into use > unemployed or unattended property
salvage1918
1918 Stars & Stripes 8 Feb. 2 Salvage, to rescue unused property and make use of it.
1919 S. Prentice Padre xv. 266 When he came out five minutes later it was gone; someone had ‘salvaged’ it again.
1919 K. D. Morse Let. 1 Jan. (1920) vi. 206 The boys were setting off pyrotechnics of all sorts ‘salvaged’ from the dump.
1920 Riggs & Platt Hist. Battery F 15 We manœuvered around and got a loaf of bread and anything else we could ‘salvage’ before the M.P.'s were put guarding it.
1928 J. B. Wharton Squad i. 40 If you two'll collect up all the canteens, we'll go off an' see what we can salvage.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 63 Salvage, to: to steal, purloin.
3. To save and collect (waste material, esp. paper) for recycling.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > re-use > make available for re-use
recirculate1716
reclaim1890
salvage1943
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > re-use > discarded material
scavenge1922
salvage1943
1943 Ann. Reg. 1942 313 The great national campaign to salvage paper for re-pulping resulted in..the destruction of many..irreplaceable volumes.
Derivatives
ˈsalvaged adj.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > re-used > made available for re-use
reclaimed1883
recirculating1892
recirculated1910
salvagedc1920
recycle1926
c1920 J. F. McGrath War Diary 171 Salvaged rabbits, chicken, beer, and wine to add to the rations.
ˈsalvaging n.
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1951 Manch. Guardian 20 Apr. 6/7 His salvaging rather from the morgue of the Rules Committee of the Marshall Plan.
1969 R. Emerson Judging Delinquents x. 275 Hard-core, discredited delinquents most in need of salvaging.
Draft additions June 2015
Philippine English. To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.
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1980 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 2 July Another 303 political activists are known to have been ‘salvaged’ by the military and assassinated.
1984 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 5 July 5/2 Those who are salvaged simply disappear from their homes or workplaces.
1990 I. Guest Behind Disappearances vii. 92 Under President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines, security forces did not ‘kill,’ they ‘salvaged.’
1994 Washington Post 30 Jan. a31/4 In Manila, at least 19 suspected criminals have been ‘salvaged’ since mid-November.
2005 D. Kirk Philippines in Crisis 113 There are violations of human rights. Houses are demolished. People are salvaged. Nobody can make a move because we are monitored.
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