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CARGO |
Ship’s goods |
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LASTAGE |
Room for stowing goods, as in a ship. |
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JERQUING |
The searching of a ship for unentered goods. |
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AFFREIGHTER |
One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods. |
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TONNAGE |
The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship. |
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UNSHIP |
To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods. |
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AFFREIGHT |
To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods
or freight. |
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LIBEL |
To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly
against a ship or goods. |
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SALVE |
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the
sea. |
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TRANSSHIPMENT |
The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods,
from one ship or conveyance to another. |
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MERCHANTMAN |
A trading vessel; a ship employed in the
transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war. |
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BARGE |
A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or
goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge. |
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SALVOR |
One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without
being under special obligation to do so. |
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RESPONDENTIA |
A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs
from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. |
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MANIFEST |
A list or invoice of a ship's cargo, containing a
description by marks, numbers, etc., of each package of goods, to be
exhibited at the customhouse. |
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ENTRANCE |
The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or
goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival
was made the same day. |
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RISK |
To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk
goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's
fame by a publication. |
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FREIGHT |
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. |
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ENVELOP |
To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose
within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely;
as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship. |
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CONSIGN |
To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to
an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or
for the use of s... |
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TRIM |
To adjust, as a ship, by arranging the cargo, or disposing
the weight of persons or goods, so equally on each side of the center
and at each en... |
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ENTRY |
The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the
customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account
of a ship's carg... |
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INSURE |
Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent
event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium;
to give or to ta... |