shipping (shiping)

[ God send 'em good shipping ! Shak., T. of the S., v. 1. 43. 2. The act of sending freight by ship or other wise.-3. Ships in general; ships or ve els of any kind for navigation; the collective body of ships belonging to a country, port, etc.; also, their aggregate tonnage: as, the shipping of the United Kingdom exceeds that of any other country: also used attributively: as, shipping laws. The Gouernour, by this meanes being strong in shipping , fitted the Caruill with twelue men, vnder the command of Edward Waters formerly spoken of, and sent them to Virginia about such bus in e e as hee had conceiued. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, II. 142. Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. See Lloyd's . To take shippingt, to take pa age on a ship or ve el; embark. The morne aftyr Seynt Martyn, that was the xij Day of novembr, at j of the clok att aftyr noon, I toke shippyng at the Rodis. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 58. Take , therefore, shipping ; post, my lord, to France. Shak ., 1 Hen. VI., v. 5. 87. An it were not as good a Deed as to drink to give her to him again - I wou'd I might never take Shipping. Congreve, Way of the World, v. 9. shipping-agent (ship'ing-ā"jent), n. The agent of a ve el or line of ve els to whom goods are consigned for shipment, and who acts as agent for the ship or ships.