| Creaght | n. [ Ir. & Gael. graidh, graigh. ] A drove or herd. [ Obs. ] Haliwell. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Creaght | v. i. To graze. [ Obs. ] Sir. L. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Freight | n. [ F. fret, OHG. frēht merit, reward. See Fraught, n. ] 1. That with which anything is fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Law) (a) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired. (b) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Freight transportation, or freight line. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Freight | a. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car. [ 1913 Webster ] Freight agent, a person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods. -- Freight car. See under Car. -- Freight train, a railroad train made up of freight cars; -- called in England goods train. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Freight | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Freighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Freighting. ] [ Cf. F. freter. ] 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, to freight a ship; to freight a car. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Freightage | n. 1. The charge for transportation; the expense of carriage. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The transportation of freight. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Freight; cargo; lading. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Freighter | n. 1. One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One employed in receiving and forwarding freight. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. One for whom freight is transported. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A vessel used mainly to carry freight. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Freightless | a. Destitute of freight. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| freight | (n) transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates, Syn. freightage |
| freight | (n) the charge for transporting something by common carrier, Syn. freightage, freight rate, Example: we pay the freight; the freight rate is usually cheaper |
| freight | (v) transport commercially as cargo |
| freight | (v) load with goods for transportation |
| freight agent | (n) an employee of a freight carrier who directs the receipt and delivery of goods |
| freight car | (n) a railway car that carries freight |
| freight elevator | (n) an elevator designed for carrying freight, Syn. service elevator |
| freight liner | (n) a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods, Syn. liner train |
| freight train | (n) a railroad train consisting of freight cars, Syn. rattler |