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ˌoverˈfreight, v.|-ˈfreɪt|
[over- 27.]
trans. To overload.
1530Palsgr. 648/1, I overfreyt a shyppe, je surcharge. 1602Carew Cornwall 108 A boat ouerfraighted with people..was, by the extreme weather, sunk. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. 300 They themselves are over-fraighted with this merchandize of thought.
So ˈoverfreight n., an overload.
1850Browning Christmas Eve xiv, The while ascends..Step by step, deliberate, Because of his cranium's over-freight..The hawk-nosed high-cheek-boned Professor. 1883Pall Mall G. 27 Sept. 11/2 He..had for above thirty years to fight without result against an overfreight of 50 lb. of fat. |