Floating at random; the state of a boat or vessel broken from her moorings, and driven to and fro without control by the winds and waves. Cast loose; cut adrift.
·adv & ·adj Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Loose, turned adrift, discharged. SEA PHRASE. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose