ceratochloa unioloides

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ceratochloa unioloides - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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.
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                  The rescue of a prisoner from the court is
                  punished with perpetual imprisonment and
                  forfeiture of goods.              --Blackstone.
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     Rescue grass. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) A tall grass
        (Ceratochloa unioloides) somewhat resembling chess,
        cultivated for hay and forage in the Southern States.
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