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The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty. [R.]

To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.]

A straw; a fescue. [Obs.] Holland.

To pry or hold open by means of a gag. Mouths gagged to such a wideness. Fortescue (Transl. ).

ymus, several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay. Glyceria, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture and hay. Festuca elatior. Meadow foxtail, pasture, hay, lawn. North. Alopecurus pratensis. Meadow grass, pasture, hay, lawn. Poa, several species. Mesquite, or Muskit grass. Same as Grama grass (above). Nimble Will, a…

eyes and night Shak. The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed his hand, and rescues miserable man. Woodward.

A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected. Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. Prior.

A cue, or queue. J. & H. Smith.

The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo. Dryden.

The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.

ude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.

The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo. Specifically:

Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc.

To rescue; to deliver. That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him. 2. Tim. ii. 26.

To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Ps. xxv. 22. The Almighty from the gr…

To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell.

Rescue; deliverance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To rescue. [Obs.] Chaucer.