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reˈship, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
1. refl. and intr. To take ship again.
1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 656 A couple of ordinary men who had re-ship'd themselves again for Asia. 1801Dundee Advertiser 27 Feb., Richardson further adds he saw his vessel in a wrecked state before he reshipped.
2. trans. To put into, or on board of, a ship again; to transfer to another ship.
1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) I. 113 The merchants in general must lose much more by this half that is reshipp'd, than they got by the half that is consumed here. 1790Beatson Nav. & Mil. Mem. I. 376 Several days were employed in reshipping the cannon, mortars, and heavy stores. 1828Southey Ess. (1832) II. 257 When any of these outcasts are reshipped from one port, they make their way back to another as speedily as possible. 1874Walford Insurance Cycl. III. 568 The wool at the time of the fire was about to be re-shipped.
3. To set in position, fix up, again.
1875Bedford Sailor's Pkt. Bk. viii. (ed. 2) 285 The apparatus..may..be altogether and at once unshipped, and re-shipped again at pleasure. |