Definition of Jetison
Jet"ti*son (?). n. [See
Jetsam.]
1. (Mar. Law) The throwing overboard
of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of
wreck.
2. See Jetsam, 1.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- collectively, items that have been or are about to be jettisoned
- To eject from a boat, aircraft, or hot-air balloon, or submarine so as to lighten the load
The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
- To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard, dump, junk, scrap, chuck, ditch.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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