Flŏt'sam or Flŏt'son, n.

noun

n. [Fr. flotter, Eng. float. Cf. JETSAM, JETSON, from Fr. jeter.] (Law.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; — in distinction from jetsam. Blackstone.

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Jêt'son or Sān or Flōtsonp. 726The voluntary throwing of goods overboard, in case of extreme peril, in order to lighten a ship and preserve her. (b.) The goods thus thrown away, and which remain under water. [Written also…