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noun

Shipment n.

The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.

That which is shipped. "The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle."

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Etymology of 'Shipment'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shipment" Quotes from Famous Books

... lad ran through the tents out to the front door, where he asked for Mr. Sparling, knowing that by this time the owner's tent had been taken down and packed for shipment, even if it were not already under way ...

— The Circus Boys Across The Continent • Edgar B. P. Darlington

... the herring and a large species of salmon trout made their homes, and probably enjoyed themselves till they met with the gill-net and the trolling-hook. But herring and salmon trout did not satisfy us; we wanted brook trout, too. And so one day a shipment of babies arrived from the hatchery at Sault Ste. Marie, and thus we first became acquainted with the habits of infant fishes, and learned something of their needs and the methods ...

— Forest Neighbors - Life Stories of Wild Animals • William Davenport Hulbert

... the hillside was a clump of real friends—the rich green leaves of vervain, that humble little weed, sacred in turn to the Druids, the Romans, and the early Christians, and now brought inadvertently in some long-past time, in an overseas shipment, and holding its own in this breathing-space of the jungle. I was so interested by this discovery of a superficial northern flora, that I began to watch for other forms of temperate-appearing life, and for a long time my ear found nothing out of harmony with the plants. ...

— Edge of the Jungle • William Beebe

... a fine shipment, John. Have you a rope handy? I want to hang myself. And why? Because I don't expect anyone to believe my statement; but John, as sure as I am alive this minute, my pocket was picked in the French market. Hold on, now. I don't ask you to believe ...

— An Arkansas Planter • Opie Percival Read

... chiefs signed an agreement, in which they stipulated to cease from war until the government decided whether they might remain in Florida. Some seven hundred Indians and negroes were taken by the government before its decision was announced, and were sent off to Tampa for shipment. In violation of a flag of truce, Osceola and several of his principal chiefs were seized and sent to Fort Moultrie as prisoners. Their treatment there was such that Osceola soon died. In May, Colonel Zachary Taylor succeeded ...

— A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year - Volume Two (of Three) • Edwin Emerson

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