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SHIP, as a termination, denotes state or office; as in lordship. SHIP. [See Shape.] SHIP, n. [L. scapha; from the root of shape.] In a general sense, a vessel or building of a peculiar structure, adapted to navigation, or floating on water by means of sails. In an appropriate sense, a building of a structure or form fitted for navigation, furnished with a bowsprit and three masts, a main-mast, a fore-mast and a mizen-mast, each of which is composed a lower-mast, a top-mast and top-gallant-mast, and square rigged. Ships are of various sizes and are for various uses; most of them however fall under the denomination of ships of war and merchant's ships. SHIP, v.t. 1. To put on board of a ship or vessel of any kind; as, to ship goods at Liverpoll for New York. 2. To transport in a ship; to convey by water. The sun shall no sooner the mountains touch, But we will ship him hence. Shak. 3. To receive into a ship or vessel; as, to ship at sea.
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SHIP, as a termination, denotes state or office; as in lordship. SHIP. [See Shape.] SHIP, n. [L. scapha; from the root of shape.] In a general sense, a vessel or building of a peculiar structure, adapted to navigation, or floating on water by means of sails. In an appropriate sense, a building of a structure or form fitted for navigation, furnished with a bowsprit and three masts, a main-mast, a fore-mast and a mizen-mast, each of which is composed a lower-mast, a top-mast and top-gallant-mast, and square rigged. Ships are of various sizes and are for various uses; most of them however fall under the denomination of ships of war and merchant's ships. SHIP, v.t. 1. To put on board of a ship or vessel of any kind; as, to ship goods at Liverpoll for New York. 2. To transport in a ship; to convey by water. The sun shall no sooner the mountains touch, But we will ship him hence. Shak. 3. To receive into a ship or vessel; as, to ship at sea. | SHIP,as a termination [-SHIP], denotes state or office; as in lordship. – Steward. SHIP,See SHAPE. SHIP, n. [Sax. scip, seyp; D. schip; G. schiff, Sw. skepp; Dan. skib; L. scapha; from the root of shape; Sax. sceapian, scippan, scyppan, to create, form or build.]In a general sense, a vessel or building of a peculiar structure, adapted to navigation, or floating on water by means of sails. In an appropriate sense, a building of a structure or form fitted for navigation, furnished with a bowsprit and three masts, a main-mast, a fore-mast and a mizzen-mast, each of which is composed of a lower-mast, a top-mast, and top-gallant-mast, and square rigged. Ships are of various sizes and fitted for various uses; most of them however fall under the denomination of ships of war and merchants' ships. SHIP, v.t. [Sax. scipian.]- To put on board of a ship or vessel of any kind; as to ship goods at Liverpool for New York.
- To transport in a ship; to convey by water.
The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence. – Shak.
- To receive into a ship or vessel; as, to ship a seas. – Mar. Dict.
To ship the oars, to place them in the row-locks. – Mar. Dict.
To ship off, to send away by water; as, to ship off convicts.
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- A suffix denoting state,
office, dignity, profession, or art; as in
lordship, friendship, chancellorship,
stewardship, horsemanship.
- Pay; reward.
- Any large seagoing vessel.
- To put on board of a ship,
or vessel of any kind, for transportation] to send by water.
- To
engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-
war.
- Specifically, a vessel furnished with a
bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast),
each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant
mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in
Appendix.
- By extension, in commercial usage, to
commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to
ship freight by railroad.
- To embark on a ship.
- Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
- A dish or utensil (originally fashioned
like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
- To engage or secure for service on board of
a ship; as, to ship seamen.
- To receive on board ship; as, to
ship a sea.
- To put in its place; as, to ship the
tiller or rudder.
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Ship SHIP, as a termination, denotes state or office; as in lordship. SHIP. [See Shape.] SHIP, noun [Latin scapha; from the root of shape.] In a general sense, a vessel or building of a peculiar structure, adapted to navigation, or floating on water by means of sails. In an appropriate sense, a building of a structure or form fitted for navigation, furnished with a bowsprit and three masts, a main-mast, a fore-mast and a mizen-mast, each of which is composed a lower-mast, a top-mast and top-gallant-mast, and square rigged. Ships are of various sizes and are for various uses; most of them however fall under the denomination of ships of war and merchant's ships. SHIP, verb transitive 1. To put on board of a ship or vessel of any kind; as, to ship goods at Liverpoll for New York. 2. To transport in a ship; to convey by water. The sun shall no sooner the mountains touch, But we will ship him hence. Shak. 3. To receive into a ship or vessel; as, to ship at sea. To ship the oars, to place them in the rowlocks. To ship off, to send away by water; as, to ship off convicts. SHIP'-BUILDER, noun [ship and builder.] A man whose occupation is to construct SHIP'-BILDER, ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
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