To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.

To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.

To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for
transportation; to send by water.

To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to
ship seamen.

By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any
conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by
railroad.

A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a
ship) used to hold incense.

Any large seagoing vessel.

Pay; reward.

Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three
masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is
composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and
square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.

Hence, to send away; to get rid of.