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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Nautical Heavy and sluggish in the water because of flooding, as in the hold.
  • adjective Soaked or saturated with water.

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  • adjective soaked with water
  • adjective nautical in danger of sinking because of excess water onboard

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[water + logged, past participle of log, to accumulate (water) in a ship.]

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