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jures received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service. (c) (Law) Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done. Burrill. Greenleaf. -- Smart ticket, a certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart m…

release; deliverance; disharge. [Obs.] Barrow.

by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. Knight.

f releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece. Trigger fish (Zoöl.), a large plectognath fish (Balistes Carolinensis or B. capriscus) common on the southern coast of the United States, and valued as a food fish in some localities. Its…

To release, let fall, or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.

To remove or release from a barrel or barrels.

To release, as from a bundle; to disclose.

To loose, or release, from, or as from, a cage.

To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant. Beau. & Fl.

To release from a cloister, or from confinement or seclusion; to set free; to liberate.

To release from a coffle.

To separate, as substances in combination; to release from combination or union. [R.] Daniel.

To release from cords; to loosen the cord or cords of; to unfasten or unbind; as, to uncord a package.

To release from a fold or pen; as, to unfold sheep.

To cease to hold; to unhand; to release. [Obs.] Otway.

To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs.

To release from confinement or restraint. Keats.

To recover or release from the state of being monopolized. [R.] Unmonopolizing the rewards of learning and industry. Milton.

To release from a pen or from confinement. "If a man unpens another's water." Blackstone.

To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings. Totten.