(sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
Obsolete spelling of savage.
The compensation paid to the rescuers.
The money from the sale of rescued goods.
The rescue of a ship, its crew and passengers or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
verb
(Philippines) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.
(Philippines) To perform summary execution.
(transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
(transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.
(transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.
salving
salving
verb
present participle of salve
savaged
savaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of savage
savager
savager
adj
comparative form of savage: more savage
savages
savages
noun
plural of savage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of savage
savings
savings
noun
plural of saving
scavage
scavage
noun
(historical) A toll or duty anciently exacted from merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc. for goods offered for sale within their precincts.
verb
To act as a scavenger, to scavenge.
segovia
selvage
selvage
noun
(geology) A distinct border of a mass of igneous rock. It is usually fine-grained or glassy due to rapid cooling.
(geology) Clay-like material found along and around a geological fault.
(mining) That part of a lode adjacent to the walls on either side.
(printing) The excess area of any printed or perforated sheet, such as the border on a sheet of postage stamps or the wide margins of an engraving.
(weaving) The edge of a woven fabric, where the weft (side-to-side) threads run around the warp (top to bottom) threads, creating a finished edge.
Any edge of fabric finished so as to prevent raveling.
The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes
verb
To give a selvage to (fabric).
servage
servage
noun
(obsolete) Servitude, bondage.
(obsolete) The devoted service of a lover.
serving
serving
noun
(countable) A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it.
(countable) An instance of that act or process; also (usually, especially) the amount of food or drink for or served to one person; especially in relation to a meal.
(uncountable, gerund) The act or process of serving.
verb
present participle of serve
sevigne
shaving
shaving
noun
(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
(uncountable) The action of having a shave.
verb
present participle of shave
shoving
shoving
noun
The act of one who shoves.
verb
present participle of shove
sieving
sieving
noun
Material that has passed through a sieve.
The act of passing something through a sieve.
verb
present participle of sieve
sigvard
skiving
skiving
noun
(leatherworking) A piece made in skiving (paring or splitting) leather, especially the part from the inner, or flesh, side.
(metalworking) A type of machining that skives metal, with various applications including gear cutting.
verb
present participle of skive
slaving
slaving
noun
Enslavement.
verb
present participle of slave
slesvig
sliving
sliving
adj
(neologism) Glamorous and classy.
verb
present participle of slive
solvang
solving
solving
verb
present participle of solve
staving
staving
noun
A casing or lining of staves, especially one encircling a water wheel.
verb
present participle of stave
stoving
stoving
verb
present participle of stove
sverige
swiving
swiving
noun
The act or process of copulating; copulation.
verb
present participle of swive
sylvage
vaginas
vaginas
noun
plural of vagina
vagitus
vagitus
noun
The crying of a newborn baby
vaguest
vaguest
adj
superlative form of vague: most vague
vaguios
vaguish
vaguish
adj
Somewhat vague.
veggies
veggies
noun
plural of veggie
vergers
vergers
noun
plural of verger
verglas
verglas
noun
silver frost
versing
versing
verb
present participle of verse
vesigia
vestige
vestige
noun
(biology) A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.
(by extension) A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.
A mark left on the earth by a foot.
vesting
vesting
noun
(law) The entitlement of an employee to exercise a stock option after a predetermined period of time.
(law) The entitlement of an employee to receive the full benefit of a pension at normal retirement age or a reduced pension upon early retirement even upon change of employer before retirement.
A vest pattern.
Cloth for making vests.
verb
present participle of vest
vigours
vigours
noun
plural of vigour
vikings
vikings
noun
plural of viking
viragos
viragos
noun
plural of virago
virgins
virgins
noun
plural of virgin
visaged
visaged
adj
(literary, used in combination) Having a certain type of face.
visages
visages
noun
plural of visage
visaing
visaing
verb
present participle of visa
visarga
visarga
noun
(phonology, Sanskrit grammar) the voiceless terminal h in Sanskrit
viseing
voguish
voguish
adj
Elegant, fashionable or chic.
Trendy.
volsung
vosgian
voyages
voyages
noun
plural of voyage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of voyage