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One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.

The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.

Owner of a ship or ships.

A stable; a cowhouse. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]

One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.

Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.

A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the mate's receipt…

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.

State or position of a signior.

The position or standing of a sizar.

Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier. [R.] Shak.

The state of being sole, or alone; soleness. [R.] Sir E. Dering.

The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation. Dr. H. More.

The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives.