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ˈregister-ship2 Obs. exc. Hist. A Spanish ship having a registered licence authorizing it to trade with the Spanish possessions in America.
1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Register ships, or ships of register. 1739in Descr. Windw. Passage (ed. 2) 3 There are another Sort of Vessels imploy'd in the Trade to the Indies, which are called Register-Ships. 1742H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. xxvii. 118 One of our men of war..has taken another register-ship of immense value. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. viii. Wks. 1851 VI. 139 All the register-ships destined for the South seas must still take their departure from Cadiz, and are obliged to return thither. |