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Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..

Wagon :: Wagon (n.) A freight car on a railway.

Affreightment :: Affreightment (n.) The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo..

Bottomry :: Bottomry (n.) A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and

Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..

Mogul :: Mogul (n.) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck..

Cargo :: Cargo (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..

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

Fraughtage :: Fraughtage (n.) Freight; loading; cargo.

Haul :: Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul..

Primage :: Primage (n.) A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain..

Truckage :: Truckage (n.) Money paid for the conveyance of goods on a truck; freight.

Freighted :: Freighted (imp. & p. p.) of Freigh.

Freighter :: Freighter (n.) One for whom freight is transported.

Fraught :: Fraught (n.) To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd.

Moses :: Moses (n.) A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship..

Freightage :: Freightage (n.) The transportation of freight.

Purser :: Purser (n.) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc..

Traffic :: Traffic (v.) The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried..

Depot :: Depot (n.) A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.

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