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Definition of Lightered
1. lighter [v] - See also: lighter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lightered
Literary usage of Lightered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletins and Other State Intelligence (1868)
"Any lighter which may rejoin in the road the vessel she has lightered, must not
quit such vessel on any pretext, except in case of bad weather, ..."
2. Alaska: Its Meaning to the World, Its Resources, Its Opportunities by Charles Richard Tuttle (1914)
"At this place freight has to be lightered. The principal ports of the Alaska ...
In most cases freight must as yet be lightered at these ports. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer by Roger Meeson, Great Britain Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1845)
"... a certain lighterage in that behalf: and the plain- cial Dock< <°rT • *~i
lightered by tiff then received the said goods on board the said lighter that ..."
4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1854)
"In the few eases which have occurred of such refusal, sometimes the consignee
ha* lightered the goods, and sometime« the carrier has lightered tlu-m, ..."