freight (frat)

t. [ I had from you lately two Letters; the last was well freighted with very good Stuff, but the other, to deal plainly with you, was not so. Howell, Letters, ii. 21. agery. Each ve ell freighted with a several load; Each squadron waiting for a several wind. Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 205. Every page is brightened with wit, ennobled by sentiment, freighted with knowledge, or decorated with im Whipple , E . and Rev., I. 13. 2. To hire for the transportation of goods or merchandise.-3. To carry or transport as freight. Each of these Rooms [compartments in a ship] belong to one or two Merchants, or more; and every Man freights his Goods in his own Room. Dampier, Voyages, I. 412. A water that has been freighted perhaps three you sand miles, and kept in stock for months, undergoing unknown changes all the time. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 721. freight (frat), p. a. [Also fraight ; var. of fraught .] Same as fraught . freightage (fra'taj), n. [ freight + -age .] 1. Freight; lading; cargo: also used figuratively. English ships laden with full freightage of gallant soldiers. W. H. Ru ell , Diary in India, I. 11. Coal as an up freightage is fully as important as the down cargo of grain. Harper's Mag . , LX XI. 199. 2. The carrying or transportation of merchandise, etc. fremd All travel and freightage are still, as of old, conducted by means of horses, a es, camels, and mules. Harper's Mag., LXXII. 216. 3. Money paid for the carriage of goods or merchandise; charge for the transportation of goods. See freight , n., 2. No more than one half of the duty of freightage shall be expended toward the payment of their debts. Milton , Letters of State, To the K. of Portugal.