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shippe

shippe is the obsolete spelling of ship.

Meaning of ship

Noun

ship (plural ships)

  1. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
    Synonyms:
    keel
  2. (in-compounds) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
  3. (in-compounds) A spaceship.
    • I don't know if there is another standard method, but the following approach works: Consider the collision of gliders from three rakes that produces a medium spaceship in the _same_ direction as the rake. This ship will follow along to the next collision point, which will not produce a spaceship...1991 January 10, Paul Callahan, “Questions and comments about Conway's Life (long)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
  4. A particular still life consisting of an empty cell surrounded by six live cells.
    • But there are no ships, and no natural traffic lights or honey farms. The ship self destructs, and the predecessors to the traffic lights and honey farms self-destruct in spectacular manners.1994 May 7, David Bell, “HighLife - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 1/3)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
  5. (archaic, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
  6. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.

See all 22 meanings of ship

Forms of shippe

pluralshippes

Questions about shippe

What is shippe the obsolete spelling of?
Shippe is the obsolete spelling of ship.

Words near shippe in the dictionary

  1. shippable
  2. shippables
  3. Shippagan
  4. shippage
  5. shippages
  6. shippe
  7. Shippea Hill
  8. shipped
  9. shipped a sea
  10. shipped out
  11. shipped over

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