ALGARUM MARIS
\ˈalɡɑːɹəm mˈaɹɪs], \ˈalɡɑːɹəm mˈaɹɪs], \ˈa_l_ɡ_ɑː_ɹ_ə_m m_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_s]\
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Probably a corruption of Laganum maris, lagan being a right, in the middle ages, like jetsam and flotsam, by which goods thrown from a vessel in distress became the property of the king, or the lord on whose shores they were stranded. Spelman; Jacob; Du Cange.
By Henry Campbell Black
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