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† ˈcargason, cargazon Obs.
Forms: 6–7 (9) cargason, 7 cargazon, cargosoon, car(r)agasoune, (cargaison).
[a. Sp. cargazon ‘load of a ship, cargo’, double augm. (-azo, -on) of carga, cargo load: cf. F. cargaison.]
1. The cargo or freight of a ship.
1583J. Newbery Let. in Arb. Garner III. 172 There should come in euery ship the fourth part of her cargason in money. 1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 2 The Cape-merchant and Purser hath the charge of all the Caragasoune or Merchandize. c1645Howell Lett. iii. vi, Her cargazon of broad cloth. 1657R. Ligon Barbadoes (1673) 8 That part of the Cargosoon that was consign'd for that place. 1722De Foe Col. Jack (1840) 315 We will not fail to..bring money enough for any cargaison. 1882Myers Renew. Youth 65 They lade thy bark for nought, they pile thereon With vain largess the golden cargason.
b. fig.
1625Donne Serm. Wks. 1839 VI. 67 Discretion is the ballast of our ship..but zeal is the very freight, the cargason, the merchandise itself. 1642Howell For. Trav. (Arb.) 67 A cargazon of Complements and Cringes. c1645― Lett. i. xi, My body is but a Cargazon of corrupt humours.
2. An inventory of goods shipped, a bill of lading. [So F. cargaison.]
1599Hakluyt Voy. II. i. 217 These Marchants as soone as they are come on land, do give the cargason of all their goods to that Broker that they will haue to do their businesse for them, with the marks of all the fardles and packs. |