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• Ship — Ship, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shipping}.] 1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water. [1913 Webster] The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …   Universalium

• Railroad Commission of Texas — The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining. Established by the Texas… …   Wikipedia

• ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …   Universalium

• Ship transport — Water transport redirects here. For the transportation of water, see Water transportation. Harbour cranes unload cargo from a container ship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, India …   Wikipedia

• railroad — n 1. track or tracks, train tracks, rails, Railroads. switchback. 2. rail, line, railway, tramway; funicular or funicular railway, cable railway, elevated railroad, el; Fr. chemin de fer, Sp. ferrocarril, It. ferrovia, Ger. Eisen bahn; electric… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• ship — {{11}}ship (n.) O.E. scip ship, boat, from P.Gmc. *skipam (Cf. O.N., O.S., Goth. skip, Dan. skib, Swed. skepp, M.Du. scip, Du. schip, O.H.G. skif, Ger. Schiff), Germanic noun of obscure origin [Watkins]. Others suggest perhaps originally tree cut …   Etymology dictionary

• railroad train — Train Train, n. [F. train, OF. tra[ i]n, trahin; cf. (for some of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.] 1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice, or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] Now to my charms, and to my wily trains.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ship of the line — Line Line, n. [OE. line, AS. l[=i]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ship in ballast — Ballast Bal last (b[a^]l last), n. [D. ballast; akin to Dan. baglast, ballast, OSw. barlast, Sw. ballast. The first part is perh. the same word as E. bare, adj.; the second is last a burden, and hence the meaning a bare, or mere, load. See {Bare} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sailing Ship Columbia — Disneyland Land Frontierland Designer Joe Fowler Ray Wallace …   Wikipedia