shipment

[Eng. ship (1); -ment.] 1. The act of shipping, or of putting anything on board of a ship or other ve el; embarkation. "But, it was added, the shipments must not be delayed." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xvi. 2. Goods or commodities shipped or put on board a ship for transportation. "American shipments were again heavy."-London Daily Chronicle. *ship-page (age as ig), s. [Eng. ship (1); -age .] Freightage. ( Walpole .) shipped, pa. par. & a. [SHIP, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Put on board a ship; carried in a ship or ships. 2. Provided or furnished with a ship or ships. "Is he well shipped ? "-Shakesp.: Othello , ii. 1. ship'-pen, ship'-pon, s . [A. S. scypen, scepen.] A stable, a stall, a cowhouse. ( Prov.) ship-per, s. [Eng. ship, v.; -er.] 1. One who puts goods on board a ve el for trans London Daily Telegraph. B. Intransitive : 1. To go on board a ve el, to make a voyage in it; to embark. 2. To engage for service on board a ship. *2. The master of a ship; a skipper, a seaman ship'-ping, pr. par., a. & s. [SHIP, v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Pertaining or relating to ships; as, shipping matters, shipping news. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pět, C. As substantive: 1. Ships collectively; the collective body of ships, ., belonging to any country or port; ships in gen. eral; tonnage. "They conversed every day long and freely about the state of the shipping and the dockyards."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. vi. *2. Sailing, navigation; a pa age by water. "God send'em good shipping !"-Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, v. 1. To take shipping : To take pa age in a ship; to embark on board a ship for pa age or convey ance. " Take, therefore, shipping: post, my lord, to France." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. 1., v. 5.