单词 | salvor |
释义 | salvorn. 1. a. One who saves or helps to save vessels or cargo from loss at sea; one who effects or attempts salvage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > one who salvages wrecks saver1541 salvor1678 wrecker1804 salvager1829 1678 London Gaz. No. 1277/4 A..Ketch,..being forsaken by all her men, was..taken up by John Duncke..and by him brought into that Port, and there secured by the Saluer until the right Proprietor shall appear and make out his Propriety. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Salver, one that has sav'd a Ship or its Merchandizes. 1802 C. Abbott Law Merchant Ships iii. x. 322 The labor and peril incurred by the salvors. 1839 J. Story Law of Bailments §622. 391 Wherever a ship and cargo, or any part thereof, are saved at sea by the exertions of any persons from impending perils, or are recovered after an actual abandonment or loss, such persons are denominated salvors; and they are entitled to a compensation for their services, which is known by the name of salvage. 1883 Times 28 Nov. 9 The salvors, at great personal risk, put off in a small skiff. 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 61 The captain is beset by a gang of salvors. b. One who saves or attempts to save some one from drowning. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > one who rescues or delivers > from drowning salvor1890 beltman1908 1890 Daily News 16 Oct. 7/1 Among the..cases of saving, or attempting to save life from drowning..there are 13 in which the salvors' ages ranged from eight years to 16. 1891 Daily News 24 Oct. 2/6 Watching the peril in which the salvor and his burden were placed. 2. A vessel used in salvage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > salvage vessel wrecker1789 salvor1815 1815 J. Dodson Rep. High Court Admiralty 1 415 The question was, whether the post-office packet the Eliza was to be considered the sole salvor, or jointly with H.M. brig the Challenger. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. XIII. 83 Those who navigate the saved ship into port..[have] double the share of those who remain on the salvor vessel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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