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Webster 1913 Edition

Water-logged

Wa′ter-logged

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Adj.
Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; – said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm.

Webster 1828 Edition

Water-logged

WATER-LOGGED

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Adj.
[water and log.] Lying like a log on the water. A ship is said to be water-logged, when by 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.

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