Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FLOT'SAM, or FLOT'SON
FLOT'SAM, or FLOT'SON, n. [from float.]
Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea. When such goods are cast on shore or found, the owner being unknown, they belong to the king. English Law. Blackstone.
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