to cast goods overboard

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• jettison — jettisonable, adj. /jet euh seuhn, zeuhn/, v.t. 1. to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency. 2. to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard. 3. Cards. to discard …   Universalium

• jettisoned — adj. thrown overboard, cast into the sea (of jetsam); discarded, thrown out jet·ti·son || dÊ’etɪsn n. act of casting goods from a ship to lighten its load; jetsam, goods thrown overboard from a ship v. cast goods from a ship to lighten its… …   English contemporary dictionary

• jettison — (v.) 1848, from jettison (n.) act of throwing overboard to lighten a ship. This noun was an 18c. Marine Insurance writers restoration of the earlier form and original sense of the 15c. word that had become JETSAM (Cf. jetsam), probably because… …   Etymology dictionary

• jettison — jet·ti·son || dÊ’etɪsn n. act of casting goods from a ship to lighten its load; jetsam, goods thrown overboard from a ship v. cast goods from a ship to lighten its load; throw away, get rid of …   English contemporary dictionary

• jettisoning — jet·ti·son || dÊ’etɪsn n. act of casting goods from a ship to lighten its load; jetsam, goods thrown overboard from a ship v. cast goods from a ship to lighten its load; throw away, get rid of …   English contemporary dictionary

• jettisons — jet·ti·son || dÊ’etɪsn n. act of casting goods from a ship to lighten its load; jetsam, goods thrown overboard from a ship v. cast goods from a ship to lighten its load; throw away, get rid of …   English contemporary dictionary

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