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Ship
Ship Ship, n. [AS. scipe.]
Pay; reward. [Obs.]
In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or
the wages of servants. --Chaucer.
ShipShip Ship, n. [OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries.
skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib,
Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin. Cf.
Equip, Skiff, Skipper.]
1. Any large seagoing vessel.
Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on,
and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving.
--Milton.
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! --Longfellow.
2. Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three
masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of
which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a
topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See
Illustation in Appendix. ShipShip Ship, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shipping.]
1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for
transportation; to send by water.
The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia,
from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium.
--Knolles.
2. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any
conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship
freight by railroad.
3. Hence, to send away; to get rid of. [Colloq.]
4. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to
ship seamen.
5. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
6. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder. Ship
Ship Ship, v. i.
1. To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a
man-of-war.
2. To embark on a ship. --Wyclif (Acts xxviii. 11)
shipPacket Pack"et, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the
same source as E. pack. See Pack.]
1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a
packet of letters. --Shak.
2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey
dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying
dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed
days of sailing; a mail boat.
Packet boat, ship, or vessel. See Packet, n., 2.
Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or
the sailing day.
Packet note or post. See under Paper.
Meaning of Ships from wikipedia
- defense,
research and fishing.
Ships are
generally distinguished from boats,
based on size, shape, load
capacity and purpose.
Ships have
supported exploration...
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Danielson Ships (Irish band), an
Irish band
Ships (****anese band), a ****anese boy band "
Ship", a song by
Level 42 on the
album Retroglide "
Ships" (song)...
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Cruise ships are
large p****enger
ships used
mainly for vacationing.
Unlike ocean liners, p****enger
ships primarily used for
transportation across seas...
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Medieval ships were the
vessels used in
Europe during the
Middle Ages. Like
ships from antiquity, they were
moved by sails, oars, or a
combination of the...
- The
Black Ships (in ****anese: 黒船, romanized: kurofune, Edo
period term) were the
names given to both
Portuguese merchant ships and
American warships arriving...
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Cruise ships are
large p****enger
ships used
mainly for vacationing.
Unlike ocean liners,
which are used for transport,
cruise ships typically embark on...
- The Nemi
ships were two
ships, of
different sizes,
built under the
reign of the
Roman emperor Caligula in the 1st
century AD on Lake Nemi.
Although the...
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ships presents a
picture which can
never be
fully agreed upon in the
absence of
greater data
availability and a
consistent standard for
which ships are...
- the
ships'
deadweight tonnage (DWT) and/or
gross tonnage (GT) are
presented as they are
often used to
describe the size of a vessel. The
ships are listed...
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States Navy has
approximately 470
ships in both
active service and the
reserve fleet; of
these approximately 50
ships are
proposed or
scheduled for retirement...
