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Midshipmen
Midshipman Mid"ship`man, n.; pl. Midshipmen. 1. (a) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required. (b) In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant. (c) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of officers in line of promotion, being graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to the rank of ensign. 2. (Zo["o]l.) An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish. Cadet midshipman, formerly a title distinguishing a cadet line officer from a cadet engineer at the U. S. Naval Academy. See under Cadet. Cadet midshipman, formerly, a naval cadet who had served his time, passed his examinations, and was awaiting promotion; -- now called, in the United States, midshipman; in England, sublieutenant.
Reshipment
Reshipment Re*ship"ment (-ment), n. The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.
Shipment
Shipment Ship"ment, n. 1. The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West. 2. That which is shipped. The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle. --Story.
Transhipment
Transhipment Tran*ship"ment, n. Same as Transshipment.
transhipment
Transshipment Trans*ship"ment, n. The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods, from one ship or conveyance to another. [Written also transhipment.]
Transshipment
Transshipment Trans*ship"ment, n. The act of transshipping, or transferring, as goods, from one ship or conveyance to another. [Written also transhipment.]
Unshipment
Unshipment Un*ship"ment, n. The act of unshipping, or the state of being unshipped; displacement.

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- seems to have come into English (14th century) from Portuguese or Spanish shipmen at the time of the Crusades. Both device and word are considered Spanish...
- cliff above the Rhine and combing her golden hair, unwittingly distracted shipmen with her beauty and song, causing them to crash on the rocks. In 1837 Heine's...
- an army, came to the city of York" on 21 March 867. A majority of the "shipmen" (Vikings) gave the impression of fleeing from the approaching Northumbrians...
-  41–42. ISBN 978-3-8258-8711-7. Frankot, Edda (2012). 'Of Laws of Ships and Shipmen': Medieval Maritime Law and its Practice in Urban Northern Europe. Edinburgh:...
- Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came...
- sewer, but then retrieved and thrown in the Thames, from which London shipmen rescued it and had it buried in a churchyard. Godwin, the powerful earl...
- Flattery ****umes the name of Raja Thomas to mask his identity from the other shipmen. The surface of the planet Pandora is 80% seas, and the sea is dominated...
-  328. ISBN 978-0-295-97290-9. Frankot, Edda (2012). Of Laws of Ships and Shipmen: Medieval Maritime Law and its Practice in Urban Northern Europe. Edinburgh...
- which Shakespeare gives the following definition: the dreadful spout Which shipmen do the hurricano call, Constringed [i.e., compressed] in m**** by the almighty...
- army, came to the city of York; on their approach the multitude of the shipmen immediately took flight. The Christians, perceiving their flight and terror...