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Shipwreck
Shipwreck Ship"wreck`, n.
1. The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other
vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks,
shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
2. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts
of such a ship; wreckage. --Dryden.
3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
Holding faith and a good conscience, which some
having put away concerning faith have made
shipwreck. --1 Tim. 1.
19.
It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry
had made shipwreck. --J. Morley.
ShipwreckShipwreck Ship"wreck`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipwrecked; p.
pr. & vb. n. Shipwrecking.]
1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on
rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a
tempest.
Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
--Shak.
2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or
loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck;
as, to shipwreck a business. --Addison.
Meaning of shipwreck from wikipedia
- A
shipwreck is the
wreckage of a ship that is
located either beached on land or
sunken to the
bottom of a body of water.
Shipwrecking may be intentional...
- The Bajo de la
Campana Phoenician shipwreck is a seventh-century-BC
shipwreck of a
Phoenician trade ship
found at Bajo de la Campana, a
submerged rock...
- The Wager: A Tale of
Shipwreck,
Mutiny and
Murder is the
fifth nonfiction book by
American journalist David Grann. The book
focuses on the
Wager Mutiny...
- of
shipwrecks,
sorted by
different criteria. List of
shipwrecks of
Africa List of
shipwrecks of Asia List of
shipwrecks of
Europe List of
shipwrecks of...
-
conservation and
restoration of
shipwreck artifacts is the
process of
caring for
cultural heritage that has been part of a
shipwreck.
Oftentimes these cultural...
- The Serçe
Limani Shipwreck or Gl****
Shipwreck is a
shipwreck discovered in the Serçe
Limani bay,
southwest coast of Turkey,
opposing Rhodes, in the Mediterranean...
- The
Uluburun Shipwreck is a Late
Bronze Age
shipwreck dated to the late 14th
century BC,
discovered close to the east s**** of
Uluburun (Grand Cape), Turkey...
- The
Dokos shipwreck is the
oldest underwater shipwreck discovery known to archeologists. The
wreck has been
dated to the
second Proto-****adic period,...
- Look up
shipwreck in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
shipwreck is the term for a
sunken or
derelict ship.
Shipwreck may also
refer to:
Shipwreck (book)...
- Indians,
tried to the best of our
ability to help p****engers
survive the
shipwreck.
Comments by some of the p****engers that we were
unhelpful have hurt us...
