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English
Etymology
From French cargaison, Spanish cargazón, from Latin cargare (“to load”). See cargo.
Noun
cargason (plural cargasons)
- (obsolete) A cargo; a load of goods transported.
1625 January 25, John Donne, “A Sermon Preached at St. Dunstans January 15. 1625 . The First Sermon after Our Dispersion, by the Sickness.”, in XXVI. Sermons (Never before Publish’d) Preached by that Learned and Reverend Divine John Donne, , London: Thomas Newcomb, , published 1661, →OCLC, page 295:Diſcretion is the ballaſt of our Ship, that carries us ſteady; but Zeal is the very Fraight, the Cargaſon, the Merchandiſe it ſelf, which enriches us in the land of the living; and this was our caſe, we were all come to eſteem our Ballaſt more then our Fraight, our Diſcretion more then our Zeal; we had more care to pleaſe great men then God; more conſideration of an imaginary change of times, then of unchangeable eternity it ſelf.
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