salvableness (salvablnes)

The state or condition of being salvable. Bailey, 1727. salvably (sal'va-bli), adv. In a salvable manner; so as to be salva ble. or enemies. The claim for compensation is far more reasonable when the crew of one ve el have saved another and its goods from pirates, lawful enemies, or perils of the seas. This is called salvage , and answers to the claim for the ransom of persons which the laws of various nations have allowed. Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, § 144. (b) The property saved from danger or destruction by the extraordinary and voluntary exertions of the salvors.-3. Naut ., same as sel vagee.-Salvage corps, a body of uniformed men attached to the fire department in some cities, notably in London, for the salvage of property from fire, and the care and safe-keeping of that which is salved. These salvage corps correspond in some respects to the fire-patrol of New York and other cities of the United States. salvage2t, a . and n. An obsolete form of savage . salvatella (sal-va-tel'ä), n.; pl. salvatellæ (-ē). [It., dim., salvatus , pp. of salvare , save: see savel .] In an at . , the vena salvatella, or vein on the back of the little finger: so called because it used to be opened with supposed efficacy in melancholia and hypochondria. salvation (sal-va's hon), n. [ salvacioun , salvacion , sauvacion , savacion, salvation = Pr. Sp. salvacion = Pg. salvação = It. salvazione , salvatio (n-), deliverance, salvation, a saving, salvare , pp. salvatus , save: see savel .] 1. Preservation from destruction, danger, or calamity; deliverance. He shude drenche Lord and lady, grome and wenche, Of al the Troyan nacioun, Withouten any savacioun . Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 208. 2. In theol., deliverance from the power and penalty of sin. And anon the Child spak to hire and comforted hire, and seyde, Modir, ne dismay the noughte; for God hat he hidd in the his prevytees, for the salvacioun of the World. Mandeville, Travels, p. 133. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thes. v. 9. I have chose This perfect man, by merit call'd my Son, To earn salvation for the sons of men. Milton, P. R., i. 167.