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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ship·ping, n.
 1. The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
 2. The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
 3. Navigation. “God send 'em good shipping.”
 Shipping articles, articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc. --Bouvier.
 To take shipping, to embark; to take ship. [Obs.] --John vi. 24. --Shak.
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