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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jetsam \Jet"sam\, Jetson \Jet"son\, n. [F. jeter to throw: cf OF getaison a throwing. Cf {Flotsam}, {Jettison}.] 1. (Mar. Law) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy. 2. Jettison. See {Jettison}, 1. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jetsam n 1: the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm 2: the floating wreckage of a ship [syn: {flotsam}]
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