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Jetsam; Jetson
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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.