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<hw>Freight</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fret</ets>, OHG. <ets>fr<?/ht</ets> merit, reward. See <er>Fraught</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>freight</ex> of cotton; a full <ex>freight</ex>.</as></def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.</def>

<i>Wharton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Freight transportation, or freight line.</def>

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<hw>Freight</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; <as>as, a <ex>freight</ex> car</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Freight agent</col>, <cd>a person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods.</cd> -- <col>Freight car</col>. <cd>See under <er>Car</er>.</cd> -- <col>Freight train</col>, <cd>a railroad train made up of freight cars; -- called in England <i>goods train</i>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Freight</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Freighted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Freighting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>freter</ets>.]</ety> <def>To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight; <as>as, to <ex>freight</ex> a ship; to <ex>freight</ex> a car.</as></def>

<h1>Freightage</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Freight"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The transportation of freight.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.</def>

<h1>Freighter</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Freight"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One for whom freight is transported.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A vessel used mainly to carry freight.</def>

<h1>Freightless</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw>Freight"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Destitute of freight.</def>

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<hw>Frel"te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Frailty.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fremd, Fremed</h1> <Xpage=595>

<hw><hw>Fremd</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Frem"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE., from AS. <ets>fremede</ets>, <ets>fremde</ets>; akin to G. <ets>fremd</ets>.]</ety> <def>Strange; foreign.</def> <mark>[Old Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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