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Brewer's: Water-logged
Rendered immovable by too much water in the hold. When a ship leaks and is water-logged, it will not make any progress, but is like a log on the sea, tossed and stationary.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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