shipbroker age

The occupation of a ship broker. IMG:content-1358.png:[blocks in formation] "The brow that becomes the ship - tire ."- Shakespeare : Merry Wives of Windsor, iii. 3. ship-worm, ship-borer, s. Zool .: Teredo naval is . [TEREDO.] "The ship- worm , as this mollusk is appropriately called, from its depredations on ships and all submerged wooden structures, is found in most seas." -Wood: Illus. Nat . Hist ., iii. 436.