SALV'AGE, noun [Latin salvus, salvo.] In commerce, a reward or recompense allowed by law for the saving of a ship, or goods from loss at sea, either by shipwreck or other means, or by enemies or pirates. SALV'AGE, for savage, not used. [See Savage.]
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