Bible Dictionaries
Jettison

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) See Jetsam, 1.

(2):

(n.) The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Jettison'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​j/jettison.html. 1828.