- Ceratochloa unioloides
- Rescue Res"cue (r[e^]s"k[-u]), n. [From {Rescue}, v.; cf.
{Rescous}.]
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1. The act of rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence,
or danger; liberation.
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Spur to the rescue of the noble Talbot. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. (Law) (a) The forcible retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained. (b) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment. (c) The retaking by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
The rescue of a prisoner from the court is punished with perpetual imprisonment and forfeiture of goods. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
{Rescue grass}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass ({Ceratochloa unioloides}) somewhat resembling chess, cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.