"Adrift" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Sea-weed, between high and low wnter-mnrk, which lias not been deposlt-ed on tbe shore, nnd which during flood-tide is moved by each rising and receding wave, is adrift, although the bottom of the mass may touch the beach. Anthony v. Gifford, 2 Allen (Ma88.) 549
Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the
mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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kahamkaham n k. o. edible, greenish-brown seaweed, not highly esteemed.
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