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Owner of a ship or ships.

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

A thin slice; a shive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "A shiver of their own loaf." Fuller. Of your soft bread, not but a shiver. Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk. [Colloq.] Mrs. Gaskell.

n intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory. Their own short understandings reach No farther than the present. Rowe.

Undiscoverable to sight. Hidden in their own sightproof bush. Lowell.

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof. Specifically:

Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.

To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited. [College Cant, U.S.]

Not stout or heavy; slender. His own figure, which was formerly so slight. Sir W. Scott.

to make flowing. In their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted. Milton.

Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men.

t; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line. -- To snap off. (a) To break suddenly. (b) To bite off suddenly.

in seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share. De Foe.

that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known. Why is his chariot so long in coming Judges v. 28.

ne; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.

The murder of one's sister; also, one who murders or kills one's own sister. Johnson.

on of the lives and actions of men. South. Sovereign state, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power.

to bound; to leap. [Scot.] But when they spang o'er reason's fence, We smart for't at our own expense. Ramsay.

partner, a limited partner; a partner with a limited or restricted responsibility; -- unknown at common law. -- Special partnership, a limited or particular partnership; -- a term sometimes applied to a partnership in a particular business, operation, or adventure. -- Special plea in bar (Law), a plea setting forth p…