In a general sense, a vessel or building of a peculiar structure, adapted to navigation, or floating on water by means of sails. In an appropriate sense, a building of a structure or form fitted for navigation, furnished with a bowsprit and three masts, a main-mast, a fore-mast and a mizen-mast, each of which is composed a lower-mast, a top-mast and top-gallant-mast, and square rigged. Ships are of various sizes and are for various uses; most of them however fall under the denomination of ships of war and merchant's ships.

as a termination, denotes state or office; as in lordship.

To put on board of a ship or vessel of any kind; as, to ship goods at Liverpoll for New York.

To transport in a ship; to convey by water. The sun shall no sooner the mountains touch, But we will ship him hence.

To receive into a ship or vessel; as, to ship at sea. To ship the oars, to place them in the rowlocks. To ship off, to send away by water; as, to ship off convicts.