Ship

ship, n. a ve el having three masts, with tops and yards to each: generally, any large sea-going ve el.— v.t. to put on board a ship: to engage for service on board a ship: to transport by ship: to fix in its place.— v.i. to engage for service on shipboard:— pr.p. ship′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. shipped.— ns. Ship′-bis′cuit , hard biscuit for use on shipboard; Ship′board , the deck or side of a ship; Ship′-boy , a boy that serves on board a ship; Ship′-break′er , one who breaks up ve els no longer fit for sea; Ship′-brok′er , a broker who effects sales, insurance, . of ships; Ship′builder , one whose occupation is to construct ships; Ship′building ; Ship′-canal′ , a canal large enough to admit the pa age of sea-going ve els; Ship′-cap′tain , one who commands a ship; Ship′-car′penter , a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; Ship′-chand′ler , a dealer in cordage, canvas, and other ship furniture or stores; Ship′-chand′lery , the busine wares of a ship-chandler; Ship′-fē′ver , typhus fever, as common on board crowded ships; Ship′ful , as much or as many as a ship will hold; Ship′-hold′er , a ship-owner; Ship′-lett′er , a letter sent by a ve el which does not carry mails; Ship′-load , the load or cargo of a ship; Ship′man , a sailor:— pl. Ship′men ; Ship′master , the captain of a ship; Ship′mate , a companion in the same ship; Ship′ment , act of putting on board ship: embarkation: that which is shipped; Ship′-mon′ey , a tyrannical tax imposed by the king on seaports, revived without authorisation of parliament by Charles I. in 1634-37; Ship′-of-the-line , before steam navigation, a man-of-war large enough to take a place in a line of battle; Ship′-own′er , the owner of a ship or ships.— adj. Shipped ( Shak. ), furnished with a ship or ships.— ns. Ship′per ; Ship′ping , ships collectively: tonnage: ( Shak. ) a voyage; Ship′ping-āg′ent , the agent of a ve el or line of ve els to whom goods are consigned for shipment.— n.pl. Ship′ping-art′icles , articles of agreement, between the captain and his crew.— ns. Ship′ping-bill , invoice of goods embarked; Ship′ping-mas′ter , the official who witne es signature by the sailors of the articles of agreement; Ship′ping-off′ice , the office of a shipping-agent, or of a shipping-master; Ship′-pound , a unit of weight in the Baltic ports; Ship′-rail′way , a railway by means of which ve els can be carried overland from one body of water to another.— adjs. Ship′-rigged ( naut. ), rigged like a ship, having three masts with square sails and spreading yards; Ship′shape , in a seaman-like manner: trim, neat, proper.— ns. Ship's′-hus′band , the owner's agent in the management of a ship; Ship′-tire ( Shak. ), a sort of head-dre , whether from its streamers or its general likene to a ship; Ship′-way , the supports forming a sliding-way for the building, repairing, and launching of ve els; Ship′-worm , a genus ( Teredo ) of worm-like molluscs which perforate and live in timber, lining the cavity or tube with a calcareous encrustation; Ship′wreck , the wreck or destruction of a ship: destruction.— v.t. to destroy on the sea: to make to suffer wreck.— ns. Ship′wright , a wright or carpenter who constructs ships; Ship′yard , a yard where ships are built or repaired.— Ship a sea , to have a wave come aboard; Ship's papers , documents required for the manifestation of the property of a ship and cargo; Ship the oars (see Oar ).— About ship! an exclamation to pull in the sheet preparatory to changing a ship's course during a tack; Make shipwreck of , to ruin, destroy; On shipboard , upon or within a ship; Take ship , or shipping , to embark. [A.S. scip — scippan , to make— scapan , to shape; Goth. skip , Ice. skip , Ger. schiff .]