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Bible Dictionaries
Ship
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. i.) To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
(2):
(v. t.) To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
(3):
(v. t.) To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
(4):
(v. t.) Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) Any large seagoing vessel.
(7):
(v. t.) To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
(8):
(v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
(9):
(n.) A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
(10):
(n.) Pay; reward.
(11):
(v. t.) To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
(12):
(v. i.) To embark on a ship.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ship'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/ship.html. 1828.
