RESCUE
NOUNS
► ANGEL a motorized vehicle, esp. a helicopter, used for rescue; a member of a rescue party → 1950 Amer. military sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► DRAEGERMAN one of a crew of men trained for underground rescue work → 1918 N. Amer.
► EMER one who rescues another from any danger or difficulty → c1450 Eng. dial. obs.
► SALVATOR one who saves, rescues, or delivers → a1400 obs.
► SAVIOUR one who delivers or rescues from peril → a1300
VERBS
► BAIL SOMEONE OUT to rescue someone → 1970s sl., orig. US
► BETELL to lay claim to; to win, to rescue → c1205 obs.
► PULL OUT OF THE FIRE to save from failure or disaster; to turn a potentially disastrous situation into a successful one; to turn defeat into victory; to rescue → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAVE ONE’S BACON to save one’s life; to rescue one from any kind of threat or danger → 1654
► WARISH to guard, to secure, to protect, to preserve; to save, to rescue → c1350 obs.
Lexicophilia 