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Meaning Of Ship
n.
Pay; reward.
n.
Any large seagoing vessel.
n.
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.
n.
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a
ship) used to hold incense.
v. t.
To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for
transportation; to send by water.
v. t.
By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any
conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by
railroad.
v. t.
Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
v. t.
To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to
ship seamen.
v. t.
To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
v. t.
To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
v. i.
To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a
man-of-war.