| Summary: | ship v To employ or be employed. From being used in connection with employment at the fishery, the word has passed into general use for any capacity, where a written agreement of service is made. In the old days, a "Shipping Paper" was used for practically all seasonal employment by the planter or merchant: for fishermen, shipbuilders, maids, etc. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story July 1956 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I shipped, ship green, GREEN, ship out, LIMB, SHIVE*. The source is listed as 1937 DEVINE 43 in DNE with only part of the citation as on card.
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