Shipping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Shipping	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shipping n the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials Synonym(s): transportation, shipping, transport conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry Synonym(s): shipping, cargo ships, merchant marine, merchant vessels
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ship \Ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shipping}.] 1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water. The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium. --Knolles. 2. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad. 3. Hence, to send away; to get rid of. [Colloq.] 4. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen. 5. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea. 6. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shipping \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shipping \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. [bd]God send 'em good shipping.[b8] --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.