ship-money 
money, which hail not been levied for many years, and 
which Charles I. attempted to revive without the authori- 
zation of rai'liament. Though the case was decided in 
favor of the king, the unpopularity of the decision led to a 
debate in Parliament, and the virtual n-jK-il of the right 
to ship-raoney by 10 Charles I., c. 14 (1640). Also called 
Itampilen'n case. 
ship-owner (ship'6"ner), n, A person who has 
a right of property in a ship or ships, or any 
share therein. 
stoppage (ship'aj),/;. T<&ip + -age.] Freight- 
age. Daries. [Rare.] 
The cutting and shippage [of granite] would be articles 
of some little consequence. tt'alpole, Letters, II. 400. 
shipped (shipt),j). a. 1. Furnished with a ship 
or sliips. 
Mon. Is he well shipp'd ? 
Cas. His bark is stoutly timber'd, and his pilot 
Of very expert and approved allowance. 
Shak., Othello, 11. 1. 47. 
2. Delivered to a common carrier, forwarder, 
express company, etc., for transportation. 
shippen (ship'n), n. [< ME. schupene, scliipne, 
ulitpne, a shed, stall, < AS. scypen, with forma- 
tive -eit (perhaps dim.), < sceoppa, a hall, hut, 
shop: see shop 1 .] A stable; a cow-house. Also 
xhi/ipon, sliipen. [Local, Eng.] 
The shepne brennynge with the Make smoke. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1142. 
At length Kester got up from bis three-legged stool on 
seeing what the others did not that the dip-candle in 
the lantern was coming to an end, and that in two or three 
minutes more the shippon would be in darkness, and so 
his pails of milk be endangered. 
Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, xv. 
ship-pendulum (ship'pen"du-lum), . A pen- 
dulum with a graduated arc, used to ascertain 
the heel of a vessel. Also called clinometer. 
shipper (ship'er), u. [< ME., = D. sclripper (> E. 
skipper) G. schiffer, a shipman, boatman (in 
def. 2, directly < ship, r., + -er l ). Doublet of 
skipper.'] If. A seaman; a mariner; a skipper. 
The said JIarchants shal . . . haue free libertie . . . 
to name, choose, and assigne brokers, shippers, . . . and 
all other meet and necessary laborers. 
Haklutjt's Voyages, I. 206. 
2. One who delivers goods or merchandise to 
a common carrier, forwarder, express company, 
etc., for transportation, whether by land or wa- 
ter or both. 
K the value of the property ... is not stated by the 
shipper, the holder will not demand of the Adams Express 
Company a sum exceeding fifty dollars for the loss. 
Express Receipt, in Maguire v. Dinsmore, 60 N. Y. 168. 
3. A mechanical device for arranging parts or 
appendages of dress in their proper places : as, 
a belt shipper. 
shipping (ship'ing),)). [< ME. schyppynge ; ver- 
bal n. of ship, v. (< ship, v., + -inn 1 ); in def. 3 
merely collective, < ship, H., + -ing 1 .] If. The 
act of taking ship; a voyage. 
God send 'em good shipping .' 
Shak., T. of the S., v. 1. 43. 
2. The act of sending freight by ship or other- 
wise. 3. Ships in general; sliips or vessels of 
any kind for navigation ; the collective body of 
ships belonging to a country, port, etc. ; also, 
their aggregate tonnage: as, the shipping of 
the United Kingdom exceeds that of any other 
country: also used attributively: as, shipping 
laws. 
The Gouernour, by this meanes being strong in shipping, 
fitted the Caruill with twelue men, vnder the command of 
Edward Waters formerly spoken of, and sent them to Vir- 
ginia about such businesse as hee had conceiued. 
Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, II. 142. 
Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. 
See Lloyd's. To take shipping!, to take passage on a 
ship or vessel ; embark. 
The morne aftyr Seynt Martyn, that was the xij Day of 
novembr, at j of the clok att aftyr noon, I toke shippyng at 
the Eodis. Tarkington, Diarie of Eng. Travel!, p. 58. 
Take, therefore, shipping post, my lord, to France. 
Shale., 1 Hen. VI., V. 5. 87. 
An it were not as good a Deed as to drink to give her 
to him again I wou d I might never ta!ce Shipping. 
Congreve, Way of the World, v. 9. 
shipping-agent (ship'ing-a"jent), . The agent 
of a vessel or line of vessels to whom goods are 
consigned for shipment, and who acts as agent 
for the ship or ships. 
shipping-articles (ship'ing-ar"ti-klz), n. pi. Ar- 
ticles 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 shipped, etc. 
shipping-bill (ship'ing-bil), n. An invoice or 
manifest of goods put on board a ship. 
shipping-clerk (ship'ing-klerk), . An em- 
ployee in a mercantile house who attends to 
the shipment of merchandise. 
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shipping-master (ship'ing-mas'ter), H. The 
nllieial before whom sailors engaged for a voy- 
age sign the articles of agreement, and in 
whose presence they are paid off when the voy- 
age is finished. In British ports the shipping-master 
is under the Local Marine Board, and is subject to the 
Board of Trade. 
shipping-note (ship'iug-not), M. A delivery or 
receipt note of particulars of goods forwarded 
to a wharf for shipment. Simmonds. 
shipping-Office (ship'ing-of'is), H. 1. The of- 
fice of a shipping-agent. 2. The office of a 
shipping-master, where sailors are shipped or 
engaged. 
ship-plate (ship'plat), n. See plate. 
shippo (ship'po'), H. [Jap., lit. 'the seven pre- 
cious things,' in allusion to the number and 
value or richness of the materials used ; < Chi- 
nese ts'ih pao : ship (assimilated form of shiehi, 
shitsii before p, = Chinese ts'ih), seven; po (= 
Chinese ^MJo), a precious thing, a jewel.] Japa- 
nese enamel or cloisonne 1 . See cloisonne. 
shippon, a. See xliippen. 
ship-pound (ship'pound), n. A unit of weight 
used in the Baltic and elsewhere. Its values 
in several places are as follows: 
Local 
pounds. 
Avoirdupois 
pounds. 
Kilos. 
Reval 
400 
379 
172 
Riga 
400 
369 
168 
400 
MB 
167 
Mitau 
400 
369 
167 
280 
300 
136 
320 
345 
157 
280 
314 
142 
320 
290 
359 
307 
163 
139 
280 
299 
136 
320 
842 
155 
ship-propeller (ship'pro-pel"er), n. See screw 
propeller, under screw 1 . 
shippyt (ship'i), a. [< ship, n., + -y 1 .] Per- 
taining to ships; frequented by ships. 
Some shippy havens contrive, some raise faire frames, 
And rock heweu pillars, for theatrick games. 
Vicars, tr. of Virgil (1632). (Kares.) 
ship-railway (ship'ral'wa), . A railway hav- 
ing a number of tracks with a car or cradle on 
which vessels or boats can be floated, and then 
carried overland from one body of water to an- 
other. 
I have already adverted to the suggested construction 
of a ship-railway across the narrow formation of the terri- 
tory of Mexico at Tehuantepec. 
Appleton's Ann. Cyc., 1886, p. 214. 
ship-rigged (ship'rigd), a. Rigged as a three- 
masted vessel, with square sails on all three 
masts; also, square-rigged: as, a ship-rigged 
mast. See ship, 1. 
ship-scraper (ship'skra"per), n. A tool for 
scraping the bottom and decks of vessels, etc. 
It consists of a square or three-cornered piece of steel 
with sharpened edges, set at right angles to a handle. See 
cut under scraper. 
shipshape (ship'shap), a. In thorough order; 
well-arranged; hence, neat; trim. 
Look to the babes, and till I come again 
Keep everything shipshape, for I must go. 
Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 
ship-stayer (ship'sta'er), n. A fish of the fam- 
ily Echeneididx, anciently fabled to arrest the 
progress of a ship; in the plural, the Echene- 
ididx. See cuts under Echeneis and Ehombochi- 
rus. Sir J. Richardson. 
ship-tiret (ship'tir), . A form of woman's head- 
dress. It has been supposed to be so named because it 
was adorned with streamers like a ship when dressed, or 
it may have been fashioned so as to resemble a ship. 
Thou hast the right arched beauty of the brow that be- 
comes the ship-tire, the tire-valiant, or any tire of Vene- 
tian admittance. Shak., M. W. of W., ill. 3. 60. 
Shipton moth (ship 'ton -moth). A noctuid 
moth, Euclidca mi, the larva of which feeds on 
clover and lucern : an English collectors' name. 
shipway (ship'wa), n. A collective name for 
the supports forming a sort of sliding way upon 
which a vessel is built, and from which it slides 
into the water when launched; also, the sup- 
ports collectively upon which the keel of a ves- 
sel rests when placed in a dock for repairs or 
cleaning. 
ship-worm (ship'werm), n. A bivalve mollusk 
of the genus Teredo, espe- 
cially T. naralix, which 
bores into and destroys 
the timber of ships, piles, 
and other submerged 
woodwork; a ship-borer. 
T , i , i Ship-worm ( Tireao n 
It has Very long United about half natural size. 
shire 
siphons, and thus looks like a worm. See Tere- 
dinidie and Ten-do. 
shipwrackt (ship'rak), . and r. An old spell- 
ing of slii/iin-i i-/,-. 
shipwreck (ship'rek;, n. [Formerly also.s7ii>- 
ii-rack; < ME. xlii/i-in-iicki ; < ship, n., + wreck, 
n.] 1. The destruction or loss of a vessel by 
foundering at sea. by striking on a rock or shoal, 
or the like; the wreck of a ship. 
And so we suffer shipitrack everywhere '. 
Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 35. 
There are two kinds of shipu-reck : (1) When the vessel 
sinks, or is dashed to pieces. (2) When she is stranded, 
which is when she grounds and fills with water. 
Kent, Com., III. 418, note (b). 
2. Total failure ; destruction; ruin. 
Holding faith, and a good conscience ; which some hav- 
ing put away concerning faith have made shipureck. 
1 Tim. i. 19. 
So am I driuen by breath of her Renowne 
Either to suifer Shipwi-acke, or arriue 
Where I may haue fruition of her loue. 
Shak., Hen. VI. (fol. 1623), v. 5. 8. 
Let my sad shipivrack steer you to the bay 
Of cautious safety. J. Beaumont, Psyche, iii. 192. 
3. Shattered remains, as of a vessel which has 
been wrecked; wreck; wreckage. [Rare.] 
They might have it in their own country, and that by 
gathering up the shipicrecks of the Athenian and Roman 
theatres. Dryden. 
To make shipwreck of, to cause to fail ; ruin ; destroy. 
Such as, having all their substance spent 
In wanton joyes and lustes intemperate, 
Did afterwards make ship-ivrack violent 
Both of their life and fame. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. xii. 7. 
shipwreck (ship'rek), v.t. [< shipwreck, n.] 1. 
To wreck ; subject to the perils and distress of 
shipwreck. 
Shipwreck'd upon a kingdom where no pity, 
No friends, no hope; no kindred weep for me. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 1. 149. 
2. To wreck; ruin; destroy. 
I' th' end his pelfe 
SMpteracks his soule vpon hels rocky shelfe. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 43. 
Shall I think any with his dying breath 
Would shipwreck his last hope? 
Shirley, The Wedding, iii. 1. 
shipwright (ship'rit), n. [< ME. schipwrigt, 
scltypwryte, < AS. scipwyrhta, < scip, ship, + 
wyrhta, wright: see ship and wright.] 1. A 
builder of ships ; a ship-carpenter. 
In Isabella he lefte only certeyne sicke men and shippe 
wrightes, whom he had appointed to make certeyne cara- 
uels. Peter Martyr (tr. in Eden's First Books on 
(America, ed. Arber, p. 82). 
Why such impress of shipwrights, whose sore task 
Does not divide the Sunday from the week? 
Shak., Hamlet, i. 1. 75. 
2. A local English name of the spotted ling : 
so called because it has "a resemblance to 
the spilt pitch on the clothes of these mechan- 
ics." Day. 
ship-writ (ship'rit), n. An old English writ 
issued by the king, commanding the sheriff to 
collect ship-money. 
shipyard (ship'yard), n. A yard or piece of 
ground near the water in which ships or ves- 
sels are constructed. 
shir, v. and M. See shirr. 
Shiraz (she-raz'), 11. [Pers. Sldraz.] A wine 
produced in the neighborhood of Shiraz in Per- 
sia. There are a red variety and a white variety, and one 
about the color of sherry, sweet and luscious. 
shire 1 (sher or shir; in the United Kingdom 
now usually shir, except in composition), n. 
[Early mod. E. also sliyre, shiere ; < ME. shire, 
sltyre, schire, schyre, < AS. scire, scyre (in comp. 
scire- or scir-~), a district, province, county, 
diocese, parish ; a particular use of scire, scyre, 
jurisdiction, care, stewardship, business, < sci- 
rian, scyrian, scerian, ordain, appoint, arrange 
(cf. gesririan, r/escyrian, gescerian. ordain, pro- 
vide), lit. 'separate,' 'cut off,' a secondary form 
of sceran, sceorati, set fan, cut off, shear: see 
shear 1 . The AS. scire, scyre (often erroneously 
written with along vowel, scire, scyre) is com- 
monly explained as lit. a 'share' or 'portion' 
(i. e. 'a section, division'), directly < sceran, 
xcirtni, cut: see shear 1 , and cf. share 1 , from the 
same source. The mod. pron. with a long vowel 
is due to the lengthening of the orig. short 
vowel, as in the other words with a short radical 
vowel followed by > before a vowel which has 
become silent (e. g. mere 1 , tire 1 ).] It. A share ; 
a portion. 
An exact diuision thereof [Palestine] into twelve shiret 
or shares. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 103. 
