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rescousn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French rescus, rescousse. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman rescus, rescous, rescuse, rescouse, rescusse, etc., Anglo-Norman and Middle French rescousse, rescouce liberation, rescue, freeing (12th cent. in Anglo-Norman and Old French), (especially in legal use) recovery (of goods, property, etc.), forcible recovery from legal custody (13th cent.), relief (of a siege) (14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), help, assistance (14th cent.) < re- re- prefix + escosse (noun corresponding to escourre : see rescue v.) after rescourre (see rescue v.). Compare post-classical Latin rescussus illegal recovery of cattle, etc., taken in distraint (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; also as rescussa ), relief (of a besieged castle) (from 13th cent. in British sources), rescousa rescue (of a prisoner) (13th cent. in a French source), Italian riscossa (a1348). Compare rescue n., rescours n.1, recourse n.2, and also rescue v.Some instances could instead be interpreted as showing plural forms of rescue n. the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] α. c1390 (Vernon) (1950) 38 (MED) At þe poynt of my fal, whom I most dradde, þou kuddest þe quikly to make rescous. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) v. 2551 (MED) Pantasilee..for love of Hector cam To Troie in recousse of the toun. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 5317 Widere..with ten þousand mad þam rescus. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1785 In the rescous of this Palamon The stronge kyng lygurge is born adoun. c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 4132 Of whiche slauȝter þe Grekis wer confus, Til Pelleus cam to her rescus. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 53 The whiche..assembled them for to come to the rescousse of their lord. a1500 (?c1450) 390 (MED) Whan his men saugh hym falle, thei..ronne to the rescouse [Fr. rescouse]. 1548 f. xxiij Fortifiyng the same for fere of rescous that might issue from Caleis. 1602 R. Carew ii. f. 125v For want of timely rescouse, the breath poasted out of his body. 1635 T. Jackson ii. xii. 126 When Peter drew his sword for his rescous (as he intended) he checks him againe. society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal removal from custody 1451 J. Gloys in (2004) II. 65 I told Gonnore that I shuld certifie a rescuse, and prayd the baly of the hundred that he wold record the same. 1530–1 c. 12 If any person..make rescous agayne any Mayre..or other person. 1588 W. Lambarde (new ed.) ii. vii. 231 Offence and Felonie..in him that helpeth the prisoner to get away, which is commonly termed Rescusse. 1630 M. Dalton (rev. ed.) lxxvii. 196 Euery Disseisin, Rescous, and Trespasse implieth a force. 1632 in S. R. Gardiner (1886) 137 The Lord Chiefe Justice found very much fault with Casen about Jenner's oppression, and his multiplicitie of suites upon the rescusse. 1690 i. c. 5 §4 Upon any Pound-breach or Rescous of Goods or Chattels distrained for Rent. 1768 W. Blackstone III. 146 Being thus in the custody of the law, the taking them back by force is looked upon as an atrocious injury, and denominated a rescous. 1829 XVIII. 535/2 Rescous..in law, an illegal taking away, and setting at liberty, a distress taken, or a person arrested, by process, or course of law. 1898 8 Aug. 12/1 He denied that he had broken or entered the plaintiff's premises, and pleaded that the distress had been abandoned by the plaintiff, and, further, that, if a pound breach or rescous had been committed, the plaintiff was not a person grieved by the same. 1957 R. F. V. Heuston (ed. 12) vi. 288 Rescous involves the rescue of distrained goods before they reach the pound; pound-breach arises after they have been impounded. 1991 W. V. H. Rogers (BNC) 494 Interference by him with a distress may in its turn be actionable as rescous or pound breach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † rescousv.Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rescous n. Etymology: Probably < rescous n., probably by analogy with rescue n. and rescue v. Compare Anglo-Norman rescusser, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French rescouser, rescousser, rescuser (13th cent., rare). Obsolete. the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)] the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver [verb (reflexive)] a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Lamb.) (1887) i. 13039 (MED) Petron had go, nad Beofs be tow; þe Romayns Petron wilde rescouse [?a1400 Petyt rescouh]. c1450 (?a1400) (1880) 1536 Sir Otuell hase thre kynges slone & reschewsede hym with honour. 1469 M. Paston in (2004) I. 345 I wuld the seid massangere shuld wyth the seid letteres bryng..othere letteres to rescuse them forth-wyth. 1588 W. Lambarde (new ed.) ii. vii. 232 If a stranger doe..rescusse such an one as is vnder arrest for Felonie, then is it Felonie..in the straunger. 1631 C. Aleyn sig. E4 If imploy'd, they could as well, as he, Haue rescus'd Iupiter, and set him free. Derivatives the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] 1605 F. Bacon ii. sig. Ccc3 A readye rescussing of a mans selfe from scornes. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.c1390 v.a1450 |
