† mortchargen.

Forms: pre-1700 moirtchairge, pre-1700 moirtcharge, pre-1700 morechairge, pre-1700 morecharge, pre-1700 mortchairge, pre-1700 mortcharge.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mort adj., charge n.

Etymology: < mort adj. + charge n.Compare French à morte charge fully loaded, overloaded (1868 in Littré).

Scottish. Obsolete.

Heavy merchandise transported by a ship or vehicle; ‘deadweight’ goods. Cf. dead weight n. 1b.Mortcharge goods were generally carried at a lower rate than light goods, having a greater ratio of weight to bulk.

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1541 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 105 That is to say fra Scotis men xx s. greit the mortcharge and xxj s. greit the lycht guddis.

1574 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 29 At the frauchting of schippis the frauchtaris sall geve na hear pryces for lycht gudes or more chairge nor sevin frankis ourheid.

c1580 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 187 Thair guid to be furit to..Deip in France for the fraucht of xxvj s. and xvj s. the mort chairge frie of all uther chairges except pryme gilt.

?1641 in J. S. Dobie Munim. Irvine (1891) II. 51 That thay giff no les nor 2000 weght for ilk tune of moirtchairge as madir and allum or ony uther deid weght.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mortcharge
释义	† mortchargen. Forms: pre-1700 moirtchairge, pre-1700 moirtcharge, pre-1700 morechairge, pre-1700 morecharge, pre-1700 mortchairge, pre-1700 mortcharge. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mort adj., charge n. Etymology: < mort adj. + charge n.Compare French à morte charge fully loaded, overloaded (1868 in Littré). Scottish. Obsolete. Heavy merchandise transported by a ship or vehicle; ‘deadweight’ goods. Cf. dead weight n. 1b.Mortcharge goods were generally carried at a lower rate than light goods, having a greater ratio of weight to bulk. ΚΠ 1541 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 105 That is to say fra Scotis men xx s. greit the mortcharge and xxj s. greit the lycht guddis. 1574 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 29 At the frauchting of schippis the frauchtaris sall geve na hear pryces for lycht gudes or more chairge nor sevin frankis ourheid. c1580 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 187 Thair guid to be furit to..Deip in France for the fraucht of xxvj s. and xvj s. the mort chairge frie of all uther chairges except pryme gilt. ?1641 in J. S. Dobie Munim. Irvine (1891) II. 51 That thay giff no les nor 2000 weght for ilk tune of moirtchairge as madir and allum or ony uther deid weght. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1541
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