English-Thai Dictionary
jetsam
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
JETSAM, JETSON, JETTISON
n.In law and commerce, properly, the throwing of goods overboard in order to lighten a ship in a tempest for her preservation. The word may however be used for the goods thus thrown away, or adverbially. Jetsam is where goods are cast into the sea, and there sink and remain under water; flotsam, is where they continue swimming; ligan is where they are sunk in the sea, but tied to a cork or buoy.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
JETSAM; JETSON
Jet "sam, Jet "son, n. Etym: [F. jeter to throw: cf. OF. getaison a throwing. Cf. Flotsam, Jettison. ]
1. (Mar. Law )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
jetsam
jet sam |ˈjetsəm ˈʤɛtsəm | ▶noun unwanted material or goods that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore, esp. material that has been discarded to lighten the vessel. Compare with flotsam. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as jetson ): contraction of jettison .
Oxford Dictionary
jetsam
jetsam |ˈdʒɛts (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] unwanted material or goods that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore, especially material that has been discarded to lighten the vessel. Compare with flotsam. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as jetson ): from jettison .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
jetsam
jet sam /dʒéts (ə )m /名詞 U 1 〘海 〙打ち [投げ ]荷 〘難破を防ぐため投棄された積み荷 〙; その漂流物, 漂着物 (→flotsam ).2 不用の廃棄品 .
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