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Jetsam

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Noun

1. jetsam

the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm

2. flotsam, jetsam

the floating wreckage of a ship

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Jetsam

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noun
1. 
that portion of the equipment or cargo of a vessel thrown overboard to lighten her, as during a storm
Compare flotsam (sense 1), lagan
2.  another word for flotsam (sense 2)

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Jetsam

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noun
1. 
that part of the cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten a ship in danger
see also flotsam
2. 
such material washed ashore
3. 
discarded things

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Jetsam

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n.
1. Goods that are cast overboard from a ship, especially in an attempt to lighten the ship, and that sink to the bottom of a body of water.
2. Discarded odds and ends.

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