What is cast up from a wreck; the remains of a wrecked vessel; wreckage. In later use chiefly figurative.
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > flotsam or jetsam (21) shipwreck?a1100 What is cast up from a wreck; the remains of a wrecked vessel; wreckage. In later use chiefly figurative. wreke1420 = wreck, n.1 1. wrecka1425 Law. That which is cast ashore by the sea in tidal waters; esp. goods or cargo as thrown on land by the sea from a wrecked, stranded, or… wrack1428 Remnants of, or goods from, a wrecked vessel, esp. as driven or cast ashore; shipwrecked effects or property, wreckage; also in earlier use, the… jetsam1491 Originally and chiefly in maritime law. Goods discarded from a ship and washed ashore; spec. such material thrown overboard in order to lighten a… waveson1526 (See quot. 1701.) Also figurative. wrake1544 Wreck, wreckage; = wrack, n.2 1b. sea-wracks1548 plural. Property cast ashore by the sea. Obsolete. water1552 Designating a person living or occupied on the water, or travelling by water. Also occasionally: found or encountered on the water. See also waterman… wracksa1586 plural. Fragments of wreckage. Also figurative. Obsolete. flotsam1607 Law. Such part of the wreckage of a ship or its cargo as is found floating on the surface of the sea. Usually associated with jetsam, n. wrack-goods1671 = sense 1b. floatage1672 concrete. Anything that floats. = flotsam, n.; also the right to appropriate flotsam. wreck-goods1693 goods cast ashore from a wreck. jettison1708 = jetsam, n. 1a. Obsolete. wreck-wood1821 wood washed up or ashore from a wreck; also attributive. wreckages1864 plural. Pieces or fragments of wreck. rare. Subcategories:— a piece of (4) |
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