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Webster 1913 Edition

Shipping

Ship′ping

,
Adj.
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
clerk
.

Ship′ping

,
Noun.
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, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
3.
Navigation.
“God send ’em good shipping.”
Shak.
Shipping articles
,
articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc.
Bouvier.
–
To take shipping
,
to embark; to take ship.
[Obs.]
John vi. 24.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Shipping

SHIP'PING

,
ppr.
1. Putting on board of a ship or vessel; receiving on board.
2. a. Relating to ships; as shipping concerns.

SHIP'PING

,
Noun.
Ships in general; ships or vessels of any kind for navigation. The shipping of the English nation exceeds that of any other. The tunnage of shipping belonging to the United States is second only to that of Great Britain.

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