shipping
shipping is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
- 2.The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
- 3.The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
- 4.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk called?
- What is the act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool called?
- What is the collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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