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Cloisonné enamel on a background of metal or porcelain.

A cowhouse; a shippen. [Prov. Eng.] Bessy would either do fieldwork, or attend to the cows, the shippon, or churn, or make cheese. Dickens.

Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson.

Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.

The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.

One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.

A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.

The state or office of an abbot.

The state of being an accomplice. [R.] Sir H. Taylor.

The office or employment of an accountant.

A state of being acquainted; acquaintance. Southey.

The position or office of an administrator.

The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.

The office of an adviser. [R.]

Office or duty of an advocate.

The office of an ædile. T. Arnold.

Agency. Beau. & Fl.

Art, skill, or ability in the practice of aërial navigation.

The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan.

The office of an almoner.