Pay; reward. [Obs.] In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants. Chaucer.
1. Any large seagoing vessel. Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving. Milton. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Longfellow. 2. Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mai...
