单词 | reship |
释义 | reshipv. 1. a. transitive. To put into, or on board, a ship again; to transfer to another ship; to transport back or elsewhere by ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > tranship disship1557 reship1626 tranship1792 transboard1807 1626 E. Cecil Jrnl. & Relation of Action 21 I sent to him likewise for all the boates to reshippe our men. 1683 Dutch Rogue 184 He took out the Grain into Lighters, and so away for Freezland where he reshipt it again for Amsterdam. 1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 84 The Merchants in general must lose much more by this half that is re-shipp'd, than they got by the half that is consumed here. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 376 Several days were employed in reshipping the cannon, mortars, and heavy stores. 1832 R. Southey Ess. II. 257 When any of these outcasts are reshipped from one port, they make their way back to another as speedily as possible. 1837 J. Franklin in Rep. Comm. Ho. Comm. (1838) XVI. 263 The labourers brought out by the proceeds of such sales will in many instances almost immediately reship themselves and proceed to Port Philip or South Australia. 1874 C. Walford Insurance Cycl. III. 568 The wool at the time of the fire was about to be re-shipped. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 2/1 The ingenious device of buying highly tariffed foreign coffee and sending it to Cape Colony, whence it was reshipped as preferred East Indian coffee. 1955 E. H. Visiak Mirror of Conrad 157 She was recaulked, recoppered, returned to the hulk, and her cargo reshipped. 2004 D. Richardson in P. D. Morgan & S. Hawkins Black Experience & Empire (2006) iii. 76 Others, including some recaptured runaways, found respite from the harshness of sugar cultivation by being reshipped and sold on the mainland. b. transitive. Originally U.S. To transport back or elsewhere by rail, road, or air; to dispatch (goods) by these means for a second or subsequent time. Also occasionally intransitive. Cf. ship v.1 7c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > cause to be conveyed or send > back again remand1439 return1459 remita1466 resend1534 backward1789 reship1854 1854 J. S. G. Richardson Rep. Court of Appeals S.-Carolina 7 190 They were tendered to him by the Railroad agent in Camden: he refused to accept them. The goods were then re-shipped to Charleston. 1886 Northwestern Reporter 26 83 A husband presents a railroad receipt for household goods in the name of his wife at a depot, and gives directions for reshipping them. 1914 Express Service & Rates viii. 91 Returned Shipments:..Any instructions to reship to a consignee other than the shipper must be accompanied by the approval of the agent at shipping point. 1942 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. 34/5 Later the gold was re-shipped by air to Marseilles. 2002 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 7 Aug. 11 The order was lost in the system so we have had to reship the order. 2. transitive (reflexive) and intransitive. To take ship again; to rejoin a ship's crew. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (reflexive)] > embark or take ship > again reship1656 society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > embark or take ship > again re-embark1585 reship1801 1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. iii. 135 A couple of ordinary men who had reship'd themselves again for Asia. 1801 Dundee Advertiser 27 Feb. Richardson further adds he saw his vessel in a wrecked state before he reshipped. 1818 M. Birkbeck Lett. from Illinois xiii. 82 You will have pleasure in communicating advice or assistance to him, should he need it, on re-shipping himself for this country. 1829 G. Jones Sketches Naval Life I. xxxiv. 229 He went ashore, got drunk, lost his money, and resumed aboard immediately, where he reshipped; his whole time on land not having exceeded an hour. 1887 E. S. Phelps Jack in Cent. Mag. June 220/2 Drunk as a fisherman could be,—and that is saying a good deal,—he reshipped that night, knowing not whither nor why, nor indeed knowing that the deed was done. 1902 ‘Q’ White Wolf 198 ‘And you promptly reshipped for Lisbon, followed the army to Salamanca, and resumed your work?’ said I. 1912 R. Mookerji Indian Shipping i. ii. ix. 172 Others would halt at Ceylon, that sacred place of Buddhism, to re-ship themselves for Bengal. 1947 Columbia Law Rev. 47 656 The petitioners, Netherlands East Indian seamen, had refused an opportunity to reship on a vessel of their choice. 3. transitive. To set in position, fix up, again, esp. on a ship or boat. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > again or in previous position restorec1425 repone?1440 repose?1440 remise1481 replace1587 recollocate1598 reimplace1611 to put backa1625 refit1649 retroduce1659 relodge1660 reposit1800 reship1804 reshift1822 reset1829 1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 18 The prefects of the ports will re-ship their rudders, re-mast the Flotilla. 1840 J. Timbs Year-bk. Facts 35 A new method of re-shipping a rudder at sea. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 241 The apparatus..may..be altogether and at once unshipped and re-shipped again at pleasure. 1901 Times 18 May 9/5 When everything was completed her rudder was reshipped. 1963 C. J. Bartlett Great Brit. & Sea Power v. 220 It was easier to raise or lower the screw than to unship or reship paddles. 2004 D. Sinnet-Jones Passion for Life xxiv. 197 We reshipped the rudder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1626 |
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