The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rescat
Rescat \Res"cat\ (r?s"k?t), v. t. [Sp. rescattar.]
To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.]
--Howell.
Rescat
Rescat \Res"cat\, n. [Sp. rescate.] Ransom; release. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
rescat
n. (context obsolete English) ransom; release