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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 jet·sam /ˈʤɛtsəm/
 投棄貨物,漂流到海岸的貨物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jet·sam Jet·son n.
 1.  Mar. Law Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan (or lagan), goods which are sunk attached to a buoy.
 2.  The act of throwing objects from  a ship to lighten the load; jettison1. See Jettison, 1.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 jetsam
      n 1: the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown
           overboard to lighten the load in a storm
      2: the floating wreckage of a ship [syn: flotsam]