Ship

ship, n. Any large sea-going ve el; esp., a $Qn, cube, lull; uioou, i'<J6t; cow, sel furnished with a bowsprit and 3 masts, each of which is composed of a lower mast, top - mast, the and topgallant-mast, and is square rigged. — v. L t. with A a KM^— USk-CEh*^ 3 ei reriot. Ground Plan of a Ship. boose; 13, main hatchway; p, prow; I, larboard or port; to 8, starboard; 1, round-house; 14, windla ; 15, fore-mast; 2, tiller; 3, grating; 4, wheel; 16, fore-hatchway; 17, bitts; Fair 5, wheel-chains; 6, binnacle; 18, bowsprit; 19, head-rail; 7, mizzen-mast; 8, skylight; 20, boomkins; 21, bows; 22, fore-chains; 23, main-chains; 9, capstan; 10, main-mast; 11, pumps; 12, galley or ca- 24, mizzen-chain a. [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 to board of a ship; to receive on board of a ship or of ve el; to fix anything in its place. — v. i. To en- To gage for service on board of a ship. — Ship'board, poradv. Upon or within a ship; aboard. — Ship'mate, ». One who serves on board of the same ship; a fellow sailor. — Ship'ment, n. Act of putting anyt. thing on board of a ve el or other public conveyance; embarkation; that which is shipped. — Ship'per, n. 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 oy being the driven against rocks, shoals, etc.; a ship destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; total vesdestruction; ruin. — v. t. [shipwrecked (-rekt), oil; linger or igk, then, bowboN, chair, get -WRECKING.] To destroy (a ship at sea) by running; ashore or on rocks or sand-banks, or by the force wind and waves in a tempest; to expose (sailors) destruction by the lo of a ship. — Ship'wright, n. One whose occupation is to construct ships; builder of ve els. — Ship'-build'er, n. A man occupation is to construct ve els; a naval architect. car/penter, n. A carpenter who works at building. — chan'dler, n. One who deals in cordage, canvas, and other furniture of 6hips. — mas'ter, The captain, master, or commander of a ship. -mon'ey, n. (Eng. Hist.) An imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, counties of Eng., for providing and furnishing tain ships for the king's service. — -shape, adv. a seamanlike manner; properly; according to usage; well put. — Skip'per, n. The master of a small chant ve el. 394