(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.
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).
slesvig
sylvage
unglove
unglove
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To remove a glove or gloves (from).
vaguely
vaguely
adv
In a vague manner.
Loosely; more or less; somewhat.
vangeli
vangloe
vealing
vealing
verb
present participle of veal
vegetal
vegetal
adj
(now rare, historical) Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
(wine) Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.
Pertaining to vegetables or plants.
noun
(obsolete, chiefly botany) Any vegetable organism.
veiling
veiling
noun
Material for making veils.
The act of covering with a veil.
verb
present participle of veil
veliger
veliger
noun
(zoology) The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.
velunge
verglas
verglas
noun
silver frost
vilberg
village
village
noun
(Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
(Britain) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
(Philippines) A gated community.
A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
virgule
virgule
noun
(typography, dated) A pipe, ⟨[[Unsupported titles/Vertical line||]]⟩, particularly (poetry) in its use to mark metrical feet.
(typography, dated) A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨/⟩, particularly (literature) in its use to mark line breaks within quotes.
(typography, obsolete or historical) A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨[[Unsupported titles/Vertical line||]]⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
vogeley
voglite
voglite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
voltage
voltage
noun
(electricity) The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
vorlage
vorlage
noun
A skiing position in which the skier leans forward while keeping their heels in contact with the skis.
Alternative letter-case form of Vorlage
vulgare
vulgate
vulgate
adj
(archaic) Made common, published for common use, vulgarized.
(of a text, especially the Bible, not comparable) In or pertaining to the common version or edition.
noun
(of a text, especially the Bible) A common version or edition.