Bible Dictionaries
Salvage

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.

(2):

(n.) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.

(3):

(a. & n.) Savage.

(4):

(n.) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Salvage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/salvage.html. 1828.