shiptiret (shiptir)

A form of woman's headdre . It has been supposed to be so named because it was adorned with streamers like a ship when dre ed, or it may have been fashioned so as to resemble a ship. Thou hast the right arched beauty of the brow that be comes the ship - tire , the tire-valiant, or any tire of VeneShak., M. W. of W., iii. 3. 60. tian admittance. Shipton moth (ship'ton-môth). A noctuid moth, Euclidea mi, the larva of which feeds on clover and lucern: an English collectors' name. shipway (ship'wa), n. A collective name for the supports forming a sort of sliding way upon which a ve el is built, and from which it slides into the water when launched; also, the supports collectively upon which the keel of a ve el rests when placed in a dock for repairs or cleaning. ship-worm (ship'werm), n. A bivalve mollusk of the genus Teredo, espe cially T. naval is, which bores into and destroys the timber of ships, piles, and other submerged It has very long united Ship-worm (Teredo naval is), about one fifth fifth natural natural size. shire siphons, and thus looks like a worm. See Tere dinidæ and Teredo.