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shipless, a.|ˈʃɪplɪs|
[f. ship n. + -less.]
1. Unoccupied by ships.
1719in Maidment Scot. Ballads (1868) I. 25 The Widowit Dame..May lang luke oure the schipless Seis Befoir her mate appears. 1786S. Rogers Ode Superst. i. iii, The shipless main. 1835Fraser's Mag. XI. 45 Its deserted Exchange, its idle quays, and shipless harbour. 1892Ld. Lytton King Poppy i. 79 Safe over shipless seas.
2. Possessing no ships; deprived of one's ship or ships.
1808Moore Sceptic vi, Let shipless Danes and whining Yankees dwell On naval rights, with Grotius and Vattel. 1819Byron Ode on Venice ii, The dashing of the spring-tide foam, That drives the sailor shipless to his home. 1904Pilot 9 Apr. 324/1 The wounded and shipless crews of the Variag and the Korietz.
Hence ˈshiplessly adv., without the aid of a ship.
1865S. Evans Br. Fabian's MS. 118 Forth to the green⁓sodded Wilds of Ierne Shiplessly, steedlessly Takes he his journey. |