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jetsam(dictionary)

jetsam (iou)



jetsam noun. . L16.
[Contr. of JETTISON noun.]
Law.
Goods discarded from a ship and washed ashore; spec. such material thrown overboard in order to lighten a vessel (also called waveson). Usu. assoc. with FLOTSAM; cf. also LAGAN. L16.
The throwing of goods overboard; = JETTISON noun. M17-L19.