[f. prec. sb.] trans. To throw overboard (cargo, articles of merchandise, etc.), esp. in order to lighten a ship in distress. Hence Jettisoned ppl. a., Jettisoning vbl. sb.
1848. Arnould, Mar. Insur. (1866), II. III. iv. 778. The goods in such case are as much sacrificed for the general safety as though they were jettisoned.
1880. Times, 13 July, 10/4. The vessel experienced such severe weather that she was compelled, for the good of all concerned, to jettison about 1,000 cases petroleum.
1889. Ld. Watson, in Law Rep. 14 App. Cases 606. Each owner of jettisoned goods becomes a creditor of ship and cargo saved.
1890. Times, 23 Aug., 4/6. The jettisoning of timber is hazardous.
fig. 1874. A. Robertson, Nuggets, etc. 177. When my patience was nearly all jettisoned I heard the sharp ting of a bell.
1895. Westm. Gaz., 27 March, 3/1. Count Tolstoy … jettisons a chapter here, a verse there, an Epistle there.
