Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given to goods which after a shipwreck appear floating on the sea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law, archaic
Goods foundfloating on thesea after ashipwreck .
Etymologies
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From wave; compare jetsam.
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