Category: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.

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. "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.