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 Dead-flat (A),Dead Hand (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dead Freight.
 
That part of a cargo which does not belong to the freight. Dead freight is not counted in the freight, and when the cargo is delivered is not to be reckoned.   1
 


 Dead-flat (A),Dead Hand (A). 

 
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