disship

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English

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ ship.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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disship (third-person singular simple present disships, present participle disshipping, simple past and past participle disshipped)

  1. (obsolete) To dismiss from service on board ship.
    • 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, [], London: [] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, [], →OCLC:
      the Captaine by discretion shall from time to time disship any artificer or English servingman or apprentice out of the Primrose into any of the other three ships

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