Stuck fast, stopped, at a loss, ruined; like a boat or vessel aground.
·adv & ·adj On the ground; stranded; — a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The situation of a ship or other vessel whose bottom touches or rests upon the ground. It also signi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Immovable, or high and dry. ...