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 clerk.
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, 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.
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 clerk.
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, 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.
