fraught

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The hire of a boat or ship to transport cargo.

2. 2

   Money paid to hire a vessel for this purpose

   Money paid to hire a vessel for this purpose; freight.

   • fraught money
3. 3

   The transportation of goods, especially in a boat or ship.

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   1. 4

      A ship's cargo

      A ship's cargo; freight, lading.

      • VVell, goe / And bid the Merchants and my men diſpatch / And come aſhore, and ſee the fraught discharg'd.
      • And novv behold after my vvinters toyle, / My paynefull voyage on the boyſtrous ſea, / Of vvarres deuouring gulphes and ſteely rocks, / I bring my fraught vnto the vviſhed port / My Summers hope, my trauels ſvveet reward: […]
      • The fraught of this Ship being concluded to be Cedar, by the diligence of the Maſter, and Captaine Smith, ſhe vvas quickly reladed: […]
   2. 5

      Two bucketfuls.

      • The manse […] is reached […] by a wide, straight path, so rough that to carry a fraught of water to the manse without spilling was to be superlatively good at one thing.
   3. 6

      A burden, a load.

      • His fraught vve ſoon ſhall knovv, he novv arrives.
   4. 7

      To load (a boat, ship, or other vessel) with cargo.

      • The ſhips are ſafe thou ſaiſt, and richly fraught?
      • […] I denie that the Proteſtant doth not meddle vvith theſe things, but fraughteth his ſhippe onely vvith faith, and neuer beateth his braine about ſinnes.
      • Tvvo Marchants departing from Spaine to get gold, touched vpon part of Barbary; vvhere […] the other fraughteth his veſſel vvith ſheep: […]
   5. 8

      To burden or load (someone or something).

      • From God these heavy cares are sent for our unrests; / And with such burdens for our wealth he fraughteth full our breasts.
      • If after this command thou fraught the Court / VVith thy vnvvorthineſſe, thou dyeſt.
      • [H]is vvife, out of vvhoſe flocke the Ram vvas taken, had by inceſtuous copulation vvith her huſbands Nephevv fraughted her ſelfe vvith a yong one.
   6. 9

      Followed by with

      Followed by with: to furnish or provide (something).

      • Therefore in ſayinge that he ſeeketh to none in heauẽ ſaue only god, he reiecteth all the counterfet Gods with which the comon errour & foly of yͤ world fraughteth heauen.
   7. 10

      To hire (a vessel) to transport cargo or passengers.

   8. 11

      To transport (cargo or passengers) in a vessel

      To transport (cargo or passengers) in a vessel; to freight.

   9. 12

      To form the cargo or passengers of a vessel.

      • Had I byn any God of povver, I vvould / Have ſuncke the Sea vvithin the Earth, or ere / It ſhould the good Ship ſo haue ſvvallovv'd, and / The fraughting Soules within her.
   10. 13

       Of a boat, ship, or other vessel

       Of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo.

       • The ſhippes retyre with riches full yfraught, […]
       • Theſe Shippes were fraught with men and women, and had to theyr Captayne one called Bartholoin or Partholin.
       • [I]n the narrovv ſeas that part / The French and Engliſh, there miſcarried / A veſſel of our country richly fraught; […]
   11. 14

       Carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress, for example, due to complexity or…

       Carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress, for example, due to complexity or difficulty; distressed; also, causing distress; distressing.

       • a fraught relationship    a fraught process
       • Nor less her son the like encouraged she / To party bitterness, that was in her, / Ev'n of the fraughtest growth that well could be, / Surpassing most of men's, […]

The neighborhood

• neighborfreight