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ship verb. Infl. -pp-.

verb trans. In pass. Be provided with a ship or ships. Long obsolete exc. as UNSHIPPED. LOE.
Shakespeare Othello Is he well shipp'd? His bark is stoutly timber'd.
verb trans. Equip or launch (a vessel). LOE-E16.
verb intrans. & (arch.) refl. Go on board a ship, embark. LOE.
Spectator People wishing to get from London to New York..ship at Liverpool.
a. verb trans. Put or take (passengers, cargo, etc.) on board a ship, cause to embark. ME.
Sir W. Scott A quantity of game which was shipped awhile ago at Inverness..never reached him.
b. verb trans. Send or transport by ship; fig. send packing, get rid of. Also foll. by off. LME.
Times Goods shipped in the mail vessels.
c. verb trans. Transport (goods) by rail or other means. N. Amer. M19.
H. Kissinger To ship oil thousands of miles overland without pipelines would be a formidable undertaking.
d. verb intrans. Of perishable, fragile, or delicate goods: be transportable by ship without spoiling or damage. M19.
verb trans. In pass. Of a person: have gone on board ship, have embarked. ME-E18.
verb intrans. Travel by ship to or from a place. Freq. foll. by from, over, to, etc. Now chiefly US. ME.
ship out N. Amer. slang (orig. Military) depart, be transported (shape up or ship out: see SHAPE verb.); ship over US Military slang re-enlist, volunteer for a tour of duty.
H. James You regularly make me wish..I had shipped back to American City.
verb trans. Put (an object) in its correct position in readiness to function; spec. fix (an oar) in its rowlock, in readiness to row. Orig. & chiefly Nautical. E17.
J. Coulter Mast and sail are..never shipped until required.
verb trans.
a. Take or draw (an object) into the ship or boat to which it belongs. M17.
W. W. Jacobs The gangway was shipped, and..the Curlew drifted slowly away from the quay.
b. Lift (an oar) out of its rowlock, and lay inside the boat. E18.
J. le Carre The old man had shipped his oars and let the dinghy drift.
a. verb trans. Engage (a person) to serve on a ship. M17.
b. verb intrans. Of a sailor: take service on a ship. E19.
verb trans. Of a vessel: take in (water) over the side; be awash with (water) by waves breaking over it. Freq. in ship a sea below. L17.
ship a sea be flooded by a wave.
C. Jackson It seemed certain the..motor-boat would ship water..and they would be swamped.
Put on (clothing etc.); shoulder (a load). Now rare exc. in ship a stripe below. E19.
ship a stripe colloq. gain promotion in the navy or air force.
E. J. Trelawny He..took off his white jacket, and shipped a blue one.
shippable adjective (a) rare navigable; (b) able to be shipped: L15.
shippage noun (rare) shipping, shipment E17.