Ship

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1. Noun

Pay; reward.

2. Noun

Any large seagoing vessel.

3. Noun

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.

4. Noun

A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

5. Verb

To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.

6. Verb

By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.

7. Verb

Hence, to send away; to get rid of.

8. Verb

To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.

9. Verb

To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.

10. Verb

To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.

11. Verb

To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.

12. Verb

To embark on a ship.
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