wavesonn.
/ˈweɪvsən/ Maritime Law.
(See quot. 1701.) Also figurative.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > flotsam or jetsam
shipwreck?a1100
wreke1420
wrecka1425
wrack1428
jetsam1491
waveson1526
wrake1544
sea-wracks1548
water1552
wracksa1586
flotsam1607
wrack-goods1671
floatage1672
wreck-goods1693
jettison1708
wreck-wood1821
wreckages1864
1526 in Kennett Cowel's Interpr. (1701) (at cited word) Waveson, Flotteson, Lagason & Wrecks & Regalia videl. Magnas pisces captas, &c.
1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) Waveson, such Goods as after Shipwreck do appear swimming on the waves.
1894 E. P. Evans in Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 299 Persons of unknown origin were treated as waifs (épaves), the mere flotson and waveson on the drifting tide of humanity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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