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freight line

Goods carried by a vessel or vehicle, especially by a commercial carrier; cargo.
A burden; a load.

Commercial transportation of goods.
The charge for transporting goods. Also called freightage.
A railway train carrying goods only.

tr.v. freight·ed, freight·ing, freights
To convey commercially as cargo.
To load with goods to be transported. Pronunciation: frat
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.
2. (Law) The sum paid by a party hiring a ship or part of a ship for the use of what is thus hired.
3. Freight transportation, or freight line. freight line
a. 1. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.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.

v. t. 1. 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.
[imp. & p. p. Freighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Freighting.]
Noun 1. freight - goods carried by a large vehicle
Synonyms: cargo, consignment, lading, shipment, payload, load, loading
2. freight - transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
Synonyms: freightage
3. freight - the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper"
Synonyms: freight rate, freightage
Verb 1. freight - transport commercially as cargo
2. freight - load with goods for transportation
Amtrak, air express, air-express, airfreight, airlift, airmail, asportation, bag, baggage, baggage train, bale, barrel, bear, bear hard upon, bearing, bottle, box, brim, burden, burdening, burthen, cable railroad, can, carload, carriage, carry, carrying, cartage, cartload, charge, charging, chock, choo-choo, cog railroad, cog railway, conduct, congest, consign, consignment, convey, conveyance, cram, crate, cross, crowd, cumber, cumbrance, deadweight, delivery, difficulty, disadvantage, dispatch, drag, drayage, drop a letter, duty, el, electric, electric train, elevated, embark, embarrassment, encumber, encumbrance, expedite, export, express, express train, expressage, ferriage, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, flier, fly, forward, freight train, freightage, freighter, funicular, goods, goods train, hamper, handicap, haul, haulage, hauling, heap, heap up, impediment, impedimenta, imposition, inconvenience, incubus, incumbency, interurban, jam, jam-pack, lade, lading, lift, lighterage, lightning express, limited, loading, local, lug, luggage, lugging, lumber, mail, manhandle, mass, metro, milk train, millstone, monorail, onus, oppress, oppression, overburden, overfill, overload, overtax, overtaxing, overweight, overweighting, pack, pack away, packing, pad, parliamentary, parliamentary train, passenger train, payload, penalty, pile, pocket, portage, porterage, post, poundage, press hard upon, pressure, rack-and-pinion railroad, railroad train, railway express, ram in, rattler, remit, rest hard upon, rolling stock, sack, saddle, saddling, satiate, saturate, send, send away, send forth, send off, ship, shipload, shipment, shipping, shuttle, shuttle train, special, stack, store, stow, streamliner, stuff, subway, supercharge, superincumbency, surcharge, surfeit, take, task, tax, taxing, telpherage, tonnage, top off, tote, toting, trailerload, train, trainload, transmit, transport, transportation, transshipment, trouble, truckage, truckload, tube, underground, vanload, wad, waft, waftage, wagonage, way train, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, weight, whisk, white elephant, wing freight container freight broker training coupon freight harbor direct freight freight cost international freight forwarding air freight company freight forwarding company rail freight challenger freight motor eagle air freight freight transportation freight brokerage freight mover habor freight tool freight usf east fedex freight freight and salvage freight liquidators airborne freight ups freight freight viking national freight freight red star freight shipping company yellow freight line saia freight freight logistics international freight forwarders unclaimed freight furniture freight elevator freight service freight terms sea freight harber freight express federal freight holland freight overnite freight freight l r freight board watkins motor freight overnight freight yellow freight system oak harbor freight abf freight system emery air freight emery freight yellow freight tracking motor freight air freight towne consolidated freight ccx freight harbour freight tool saia motor freight bullet freight freight line truck freight habor freight estes freight roadway freight freight rate ocean freight pilot air freight eagle freight freight road runner freight train watkins freight freight quote american freight new england motor freight international freight dayton freight southeastern freight line old dominion freight line trucking freight conway freight central freight line southeastern freight freight forwarding freight broker harbour freight old dominion freight unclaimed freight fed ex freight freight forwarders freight brokers freight forwarder freight companies shipping freight fast freight freight services central freight freight tool abf freight freight carrier freight shipping freight company fedex freight air freight freight harbor freight tool yellow freight harbor freight tools harbor freight 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.Hard lines
hard lot.
Line breeding
(Stockbreeding) breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother.
- C. Kingsley.
Line conch
(Zool.) a spiral marine shell (Fasciolaria distans), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines.
Line engraving
a - Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved.
b - A picture produced by printing from such an engraving.
Line of battle
a - (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver.
b - (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement.
Line of battle ship
See Ship of the line, below.
Line of beauty
(Fine Arts) an abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; - differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth).
Line of centers
a - (Mach.) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers.
b - A line which determines a dead center. See Dead center, under Dead.
Line of dip
(Geol.) a line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon.
Line of fire
(Mil.) the direction of fire.
Line of force
(Physics) any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point.
Line of life
(Palmistry) a line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life.
- Faraday.
Line of lines
See Gunter's line.
Line of march
a - (Mil.) Arrangement of troops for marching.
b - Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching.
Line of operations
that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object.
Line of sight
(Firearms) the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object.
- H. W. Halleck.
Line tub
(Naut.) a tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled.
Mason and Dixon's line
the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as run before the Revolution (1764-1767) by two English astronomers named Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. In an extended sense, the line between the free and the slave States; as, below the Mason-Dixon line, i.e. in the South.
On the line
a - on a level with the eye of the spectator; - said of a picture, as hung in an exhibition of pictures.
b - at risk (dependent upon success) in a contest or enterprise; as, the survival of the company is on the line in this project.
Right line
a straight line; the shortest line that can be drawn between two points.
Ship of the line
formerly, a ship of war large enough to have a place in the line of battle; a vessel superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker; - called also line of battle ship or battleship.
To cross the line
to cross the equator, as a vessel at sea.
- Totten.
To give a person line
to allow him more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him, like a hooked fish that swims away with the line.
Water line
(Shipbuilding) the outline of a horizontal section of a vessel, as when floating in the water.

v. t. 1. To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
He had a healthy color in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety.
- Dickens.
2. To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
3. To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
This custom of reading or lining, or, as it was frequently called "deaconing" the hymn or psalm in the churches, was brought about partly from necessity.
- N. D. Gould.
4. To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.To line bees
to track wild bees to their nest by following their line of flight.
To line up
(Mach.) to put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth running. See 3d Line, 19.

Noun 1. line - a formation of people or things one beside another; "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call"
2. line - a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart"; "The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope"
3. line - a formation of people or things one behind another; "the line stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter"
4. line - a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
5. line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"
6. line - a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
7. line - a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line"
8. line - the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your freight line of reasoning"
Synonyms: line of reasoning, logical argument, argumentation
9. line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
Synonyms: transmission line, cable
10. line - a connected series of events or actions or developments; "the government took a firm course"; "historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
Synonyms: course
11. line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
12. line - a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
Synonyms: crinkle, wrinkle, crease, furrow, seam
13. line - a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
Synonyms: pipeline
14. line - the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
Synonyms: rail line, railway line
15. line - a telephone connection
Synonyms: phone line, subscriber line, telephone circuit, telephone line
16. line - acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line"
17. line - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
Synonyms: ancestry, blood line, bloodline, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, blood, parentage, origin, descent, stock
18. line - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"
19. line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
Synonyms: job, line of work, occupation, business
20. line - in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
21. line - (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must go through official channels"; "lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
Synonyms: communication channel, channel
22. line - a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes"
Synonyms: business line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line
23. line - a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
24. line - space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
Synonyms: agate line
25. line - the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
Synonyms: bank line, credit line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of credit
26. line - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
Synonyms: melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, tune, strain, air
27. line - a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
Synonyms: billet, note, short letter
28. line - a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
Synonyms: dividing line, demarcation, contrast
29. line - mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it
Synonyms: assembly line, production line
Verb 1. line - be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the riverbank"
Synonyms: run along
2. line - cover the interior of (garments); "line the gloves"
3. line - make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
Synonyms: trace, draw, delineate, describe
4. line - mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face"
5. line - fill plentifully; "line one's pockets"
6. line - reinforce with fabric; "lined books are more enduring"

LINE, descents. The series of persons who have descended from a common ancestor, placed one under the other, in the order of their birth. It connects successively all the relations by blood to each other. Vide Consanguinity; Degree.

2. The line is either direct or collateral. The direct line is composed of all the persons who are descended from each other. If, in the direct line, any one person is assumed the propositus, in order to count from him upwards and downwards, the line will be divided into two parts, the ascending and descending lines. The ascending line is that, which counting from the propositus, ascends to his ancestors, to his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, &c. The descending line, is that which, counting from the same person, descends to his children, grandchildren, great-grand-children, &c. The preceding table is an example.
3. The collateral line considered by itself, and in relation to the common ancestor, is a direct line; it becomes collateral when placed along side of another line below the common ancestor, in whom both lines unite for example:

4. These two lines are independent of each other; they have no connexion, except by their union in the person of the common ancestor. This reunion is what forms the relation among the persons composing the two lines.
5. A line is also paternal or maternal. In the examination of a person's ascending line, the line ascends first to his father, next to his paternal grandfather, his paternal great-grandfather, &c. so on from father to father; this is called the paternal line. Another freight line will be found to ascend from the same person to his mother, his maternal grandmother, and so from mother to mother; this is the maternal line. These lines, however, do not take in all the ascendants, there are many others who must be imagined. The number of ascendants is double at each degree, as is shown by the following table