No Encyclopedia Entry for Ship Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) Pay; reward. 2. (n.) Any large seagoing vessel. 3. (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 4. (n.) A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. 5. (v. t.) To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water. 6. (v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad. 7. (v. t.) Hence, to send away; to get rid of. 8. (v. t.) To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen. 9. (v. t.) To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea. 10. (v. t.) To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder. 11. (v. i.) To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war. 12. (v. i.) To embark on a ship. 13. (n.) A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.
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