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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
baggage n 1: cases used to carry belongings when traveling [syn: baggage, luggage] 2: a worthless or immoral woman 3: the portable equipment and supplies of an army | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
baggage \bag"gage\ (b[a^]g"g[asl]j), n. [F. bagage, from OF. bague bundle. In senses 6 and 7 cf. F. bagasse a prostitute. See Bag, n.] 1. The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army. [1913 Webster] Note: "The term itself is made to apply chiefly to articles of clothing and to small personal effects." --Farrow. [1913 Webster] 2. The trunks, valises, satchels, etc., which a traveler carries with him on a journey; luggage. [1913 Webster] The baronet's baggage on the roof of the coach. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] We saw our baggage following below. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] Note: The English usually call this luggage. [1913 Webster] 3. Purulent matter. [Obs.] --Barrough. [1913 Webster] 4. Trashy talk. [Obs.] --Ascham. [1913 Webster] 5. A man of bad character. [Obs.] --Holland. [1913 Webster] 6. A woman of loose morals; a prostitute. [1913 Webster] A disreputable, daring, laughing, painted French baggage. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 7. A romping, saucy girl. [Playful] --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) | ||
BAGGAGE. Such articles as are carried by a traveller; luggage. Every thing which a passenger, carries, with him is not baggage. Large sums of money, for example, carried in a travelling trunk, will not be considered baggage, so as to render the carrier responsible. 9 Wend. R. 85. But a watch deposited in his trunk is part of his baggage. 10 Ohio R. 145. See, as to what is baggage, 6 Hill, R. 586 5 Rawle, 188, 189; 1 Pick. 50. 2. In general a common carrier of passengers is responsible for baggage, if lost, though no distinct price be paid for transporting it, it being included in the passenger's fare. Id. The carrier's responsibility for the baggage begins as soon as it has been delivered to him, or to his servants, or to some other person authorized by him to receive it. Then the delivery is complete. The risk and responsibility of the carrier is at an end as soon as he has delivered the baggage to the owner or his agent; and if an offer to deliver it be made at a proper time, the carrier will be discharged from responsibility, us 'such yet, if the baggage remain in his custody afterwards, he will hold as, bailee, and be responsible for it according to the terms of such bailment ana, R. 92. Vide Common Carriers 3. By the act of congress of March 2, 1799, sect. 46, 1 Story's L. U. S. 612, it is declared that all wearing apparel and other personal baggage, &c., of persons who shall arrive in the United States, shall be free and exempted from duty. | ||
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