Water-logged

Water-logged
Water-logged Wa"ter-logged, a. Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm. [1913 Webster]

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