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ship, n. Any large sea-going ve el: esp.. a ves- sel furnished with a bowsprit and 3 masts, each of or ink, tiien, boNboN, chair, get. 548 SHIRE 530 which is composed of a lower mast, top mast and topgallant-mast, and is square rigged, — v. Ground Plan of a Ship. prow larboard or port boose main hatchway starboard; round-house; windla fore-mast grating; wheel; fore-hatchway; wheel-chains; binnacle; bowsprit head-rail mizzen-mast skylight boomkins bows capstan main-mast fore-ohains; main-chains; pumps galley or mizzen-chains. [shipped (shipt), -ping.] To put on board of a ve el, or other conveyance, for transportation to dispose of, get rid of,- to engage for service on board of a ship; to receive on board of a ship or ve el; to fix anything in its place, — v. To engage for service on board of a ship. [AS. scip, scyp, D. schif, schip, Ic. and Goth, skip, OHG. scif; shave, shape, scoop, equip, Gr. skaj)hos, thing dug — out, trench, hull of a ship, ska/itein, to dig.] Ship's husband. An agent who attends to the requisite repairs of a ship while in port, and does other nece ary busine for the owners. — Ship'board, adv. Upon or within a ship; aboard. —Ship''mate, n. One who serves on board of the same ship; a fellow sailor. — Ship'ment, n. Act of putting anything on board of a ve el or other public conveyance; embarkation; that which shipped. — Ship'- per, One who ships, or sends goods for transportation. — Ship'ping, n. The collective body of ships in or belonging to a port, country, etc.; ve els of navigation generally tonnage. — Ship'wreck, -rek, n. The breaking in pieces of a ve el Dy being driven against rocks, shoals, etc.; a ship destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; total destruction ruin. — v. [shipwrecked (-rekt), -wrecking.] To destroy (a ship at sea) by running ashore or on rocks or sand-banks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest; to expose (sailors) to destruction by the lo of a ship. — Snip'wright, n. One whose occupation to construct ships; a builder of ve els. — Ship'-build'er, A man whose occupation to construct ve els; a naval architect. car'penter, A carpenter who works at ship- — building. chan'dler, One who deals in cordage, — canvas, and other furniture of ships. mas'ter, The captain, master, or commander of a ship. — -monkey, n. (Eng. Hist.) An imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties of Eng., for providing and furnishing cer- — tain ships for the king's service. shape, adv. In a seamanlike manner; properly; according to usage; well put. — Skip'per, n. The master of a small merchant ve el. [D. schipper, a mariner, navigator, sailor, fr. scfdpj] Shire, shir or sher, In Eng., a portion of the kingdom, orig. under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes comprising a smaller district a county. [AS. scir share, shear, sheriff.]