lagan or ligan

[Dave Monroe]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Robert Mahnke<rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Flotsam is when a ship is sunk or otherwise perished, and the goods
> float upon the sea.  Jetsam is when the ship is in danger of being
> sunk and, to lighten the ship, the goods are cast into the sea, and
> afterwards notwithstanding the ship perish.  Lagan or ligan is when
> the goods are so cast into the sea, and afterwards the ship perishes,
> and the goods are so heavy that they sink to the bottom; and the
> mariners to the intent to have them again, tie to them a buoy, or
> cork, or such other  thing that will not sink, so that they may find
> them again."
>
> Bella Bathurst, The Wreckers 9-10 (Houghton Mifflin, 2005).

Further ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lager
http://www.liger.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(comics)
http://www.hotsams.net/