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Definition of Rescuing
1. rescue [v] - See also: rescue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rescuing
Literary usage of Rescuing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell (1877)
"23, an Act for regulating the prison at Millbank, provides for the punishment of
persons rescuing or aiding in the rescue of convicta from that *prison ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
""Sixth: If the jury find that the insurers, upon receiving notice of the abandonment
from the owners, sent a rescuing expedition for the purpose of rescuing ..."
3. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1910)
"rescuing THE CREW OF A WRECK. The situation here is somewhat like that where ...
On the other hand, the rescuing ship is much freer to manoeuvre than when ..."
4. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"On the other hand, the rescuing ship is much freer to manoeuvre than when she is
hampered by lines as in making preparations for towing. ..."
5. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"rescuing THE CREW OF A WRECK. The situation here is somewhat like that where one
ship is to take another in tow, but with several important points of ..."
6. History of the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue by Jacob R Shipherd, Ralph Plumb, Henry Everard Peck (1859)
"74 rescuing. 77 rescuing. 8i 60 rescuing. rescuing. rescuing. Pleas of abatement
were entered for misnomer in the cases of the persons arrested as James E. ..."
7. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1860)
"The full title is: Robin Hood rescuing Will Stutley from the sheriff and his men,
who had taken him prisoner, and were going to hang him, ffc. ..."
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