Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WA-TER-LOG-GED
WA-TER-LOG-GED, a. [water and log.]
Lying like a log on the water. A ship is said to be water-logged, when leaking and receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm, and to be at the mercy of the waves. – Cyc.
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