Ship

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Pay; reward.

II. Ship ·vi To embark on a ship.

III. Ship ·noun Any large seagoing vessel.

IV. Ship ·vt Hence, to send away; to get rid of.

V. Ship ·vt To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.

VI. Ship ·vt To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.

VII. Ship ·vi To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.

VIII. Ship ·vt To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.

IX. Ship ·noun A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

X. Ship ·vt To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.

XI. Ship ·vt By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.

XII. Ship ·noun 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.

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