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Greek

1117. gomos -- a ship's freight, cargo
... a ship's freight, cargo. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: gomos
Phonetic Spelling: (gom'-os) Short Definition: a cargo, freight Definition: a ...
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5413. phortion -- a burden
... a burden. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: phortion Phonetic Spelling:
(for-tee'-on) Short Definition: a burden, freight Definition: a burden; the ...
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Library

Slavery of Redemptioners.
... upon us, and, uniting with the French, drive all Englishmen out." Many of the Germans
were so-called Redemptioners, who, in payment of their freight, were sold ...
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But when the Living Father Perceived that the Soul was in ...
... moon becomes full, it ferries its passengers across toward the east wind, and thereby
effects its own waning [1497] in getting itself delivered of its freight. ...
/.../the acts of the disputation with the heresiarch manes/8 but when the living.htm

Christmas Carol
... A ship comes sailing onwards. With a precious freight on board; It bears the only
Son of God,. It bears the Eternal Word. A precious freight it brings us,. ...
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Chapter five
... usual quick, business-like manner, before he saw that what he was reading was not
intended for his office but for the superintendent of the freight department. ...
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The Power of an Endless Life
... Our sense of the difference between good and evil, our penitence, our aspiration,
all this moral freight with which our souls are laden, is a cargo consigned ...
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Letter iii. Having in the Former Two Letters Defined the Doctrine ...
... thousands, and accepted prayers of saints and prophets, sent back, as it were, from
heaven, like doves, to be let loose again with a new freight of spiritual ...
/.../coleridge/confessions of an inquiring spirit etc/letter iii having in the.htm

The Adventures of Saint Anthony of Italy.
... His faithful Squire shouted also with such good effect, that the monster was fain
to turn tail and to leave the ship and its honoured freight to proceed ...
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Acts XXI
... 4. The time employed by the sailors in putting out freight, and taking on board
a fresh cargo, gave Paul another opportunity for communing with brethren on ...
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The Prayer of Jabez
... The ship is often long coming home, because detained on the road by excess of cargo.
Expect her freight to be the better when she reaches the port. ...
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Letter ii.
... No merchant, having once suffered shipwreck, and lost his freight, desists from
sailing, but again crosses the sea and the billows, and the broad ocean, and ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That with which anything in 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.

2. (n.) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.

3. (n.) The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.

4. (n.) Freight transportation, or freight line.

5. (a.) Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.

6. (v. t.) 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.

Thesaurus

Freight (1 Occurrence)
... n.) That with which anything in fraught or laden for transportation; lading; cargo,
especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton ...
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Wagon (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A wheeled carriage; a vehicle on four wheels, and usually drawn by horses;
especially, one used for carrying freight or merchandise. ...
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Cargo (7 Occurrences)
... (n.) The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise,
or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight. ...
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Frequent (10 Occurrences)

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Local (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line
of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district. ...
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Lading (7 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Lade. 2. (n.) The act of loading. 3. (n.) That which lades or constitutes
a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship. Int. ...
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Lade (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; --
generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object. ...
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Ferry (1 Occurrence)
... 5. (n.) A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight
across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Free-woman's (1 Occurrence)
Free-woman's. Free-woman, Free-woman's. Freight . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(YLT). Free-woman, Free-woman's. Freight . Reference Bible.
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Traffic (12 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to
the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried. Int. ...
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Bible Concordance

Freight (1 Occurrence)

Acts 27:18 And as we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw the 'the freight' overboard;
(ASV)

Subtopics

Freight

Related Terms

Wagon (3 Occurrences)

Cargo (7 Occurrences)

Frequent (10 Occurrences)

Local (5 Occurrences)

Lading (7 Occurrences)

Lade (4 Occurrences)