An early naval punishment; Richard I. enacted that whoever killed a man on ship-board, "he should be bound to the corpse, and thrown into the sea."
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Drown>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A sluice-gate for overflowing meadows. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Adding too much water to wine or spirits; from the term when too much water has been put into a bowl...