See Also: freightment(dictionary)

indistinction (iou) and freightment (iou)


indistinction (iou)



indistinction noun. Now rare. E17.
[from IN-3 + DISTINCTION, after indistinct.]
The fact of not distinguishing or making distinctions; (a) failure to perceive or make a difference. E17.
The condition or fact of not being distinct or different; lack of distinguishing characteristics. M17.
Indistinctness, obscurity, dimness. M17-L18.
Lack of distinction or eminence. joc. rare. M19.
Athenaeum Persons of distinction or in-distinction.

freightment (iou)



freightment noun.M16-M18.
[from FREIGHT verb + -MENT, after French fretement.]
(The document recording) the hiring of a ship.