Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jettison"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jettison \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jettison
n : throwing cargo overboard to lighten the load when in
distress
v 1: throw away, of something encumbering
2: throw as from an airplane
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