dictionary help| rescue | medical dictionary |
1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation. "Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot." (Shak)
2. The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. "The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods." (Blackstone) Rescue grass. [Etymol. Uncertain.
<botany> A tall grass (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.
Origin: From Rescue,; cf. Rescous.
(01 Mar 1998)
resact, resazurin, rescinnamine, rescript < Prev | Next > rescue work, resealed ghost, research
Bookmark with:      | word visualiser | Go and visit our forums  |
