Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rescous \Res"cous\ (r?s"k?s), n. [OE., fr. OF. rescousse, fr.
   rescourre, p. p. rescous, to rescue. See {Rescue}.]
   1. Rescue; deliverance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   2. (Law) See {Rescue}, 2. [Obs.]