Definition of argo

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Argo (n.) The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece..

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Assort :: Assort (v. t.) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo..
Affreightment :: Affreightment (n.) The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo..
Consign :: Consign (v. t.) 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 such correspondent; as, to consign a cargo or a ship; to consign goods..
Freight :: Freight (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..
Port :: Port (v.) In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages..
Freightage :: Freightage (n.) Freight; cargo; lading. Milton.
Seaworthy :: Seaworthy (a.) Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo..
Lighter :: Lighter (v. t.) To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship..
Trim :: Trim (n.) The state of a ship or her cargo, ballast, masts, etc., by which she is well prepared for sailing..
Fur :: Fur (n.) The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs..
Argoan :: Argoan (a.) Pertaining to the ship Argo.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo..
Entry :: Entry (n.) 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 cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5..
Argolic :: Argolic (a.) Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus..
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.
Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry..
Hold :: Hold (n.) The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed..
Embargoing :: Embargoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embarg.
Embargoes :: Embargoes (pl. ) of Embarg.
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