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.Th...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Shipowner
Ship″own′er (?), n. Owner of a ship or ships.
Shippen
Ship″pen (?), n. [AS. scypen. Cf. Shop, Shepen.] A stable; a cowhouse.
Shipper
Ship″per (?), n. [See Ship, n., and cf. Skipper.] One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.
Shipping
Ship″ping (?), a. 1. Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.2. Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping c...
Shipping (2)
Ship″ping, n. 1. The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.2. The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, coun...
Shipping note
Ship″ping note. (Com.) A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief offic...
Shippo
‖Ship‐po″ (?), n. [Jap. shippō seven precious things; Chin. ts'ih seven + pao gem.] (Japanese Art) Cloisonné enamel on a background of metal or porcelain.
Shippon
Ship″pon (?), n. A cowhouse; a shippen.Bessy would either do fieldwork, or attend to the cows, the shippon, or churn, or make cheese. Dickens.
Shipshape
Ship″shape′ (?), a. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and d...
Shipshape (2)
Ship″shape′ (?), adv. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
Shipworm
Ship″worm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of...
Shipwreck
Ship″wreck′ (?), n. 1. The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds ...
Shipwreck (2)
Ship″wreck′, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shipwrecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shipwrecking.] 1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wi...
Shipwright
Ship″wright′ (?), n. One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.
Shipyard
Ship″yard′ (?), n. A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.
Shiraz
Shi‐raz″ (?), n. A kind of Persian wine; — so called from the place whence it is brought.
Shire
Shire (?), n. [AS. scīre, scīr, a division, province, county. Cf. Sheriff.] 1. A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, us...
Shire horse
Shire horse. One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavy armor. They are the largest of the B...
Shirk
Shirk (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shirked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shirking.] [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.] 1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by ...
Shirk (2)
Shirk, v. i. 1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.One of the cities shirked from the league. ...
Shirk (3)
Shirk, n. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Shirker
Shirk″er (?), n. One who shirks. Macaulay.
Shirky
Shirk″y (?), a. Disposed to shirk.
Shirl
Shirl (?), a. Shrill. Halliwell.
Shirl (2)
Shirl, n.(Min.) See Schorl.
Shirley
Shir″ley (?), n.(Zoöl.) The bullfinch.