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shipping a sea

shipping a sea is the present participle and gerund of ship a sea.

Meaning of ship a sea

Verb

ship a sea (third-person singular simple present ships a sea, present participle shipping a sea, simple past and past participle shipped a sea)

  1. (intransitive) To have a large wave wash over one's vessel.
    • […] VVaterman, ſays I, vvhat are you doing? vvhat did you ſhip a Sea? ay, ſays the VVaterman, and a great one too; vvhy it blovvs a Frett of VVind; […]1724, [Daniel Defoe], “Letter V”, in The Great Law of Subordination Consider’d; or, The Insolence and Unsufferable Behaviour of Servants in England Duly Enquir’d into. […], London: Sold by S....

Questions about shipping a sea

What is shipping a sea the present participle and gerund of?
Shipping a sea is the present participle and gerund of ship a sea.

Words near shipping a sea in the dictionary

  1. shippier
  2. shippiest
  3. shippin'
  4. shippiness
  5. shipping
  6. shipping a sea
  7. shipping agent
  8. shipping agents
  9. shipping and handling
  10. shipping companies
  11. shipping company

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