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noun

Shipment n.

The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.

That which is shipped. "The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shipment" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Holy Trinity, Columbus explained to the sovereigns that he could supply as many slaves as the Spanish market required, estimating, according to his information, that four thousand could be disposed of, the value of whom, together with that of a shipment of logwood, would amount to 40,000,000 maravedis. The consignment mentioned consisted of six hundred slaves, of whom one third was given to the masters of the ships ...

— Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings • Francis Augustus MacNutt

... the fish froze almost as soon as they were thrown upon the ice. Had they been catching for shipment, the fish could have been boxed and sent some distance by express without ...

— Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island - The Old Hunter's Treasure Box • Alice Emerson

... which slowly carries them from the heated end to the cool end. The process takes about thirty hours. At the cool end of the annealing furnace the bottle is met by the packers and is made ready for shipment. These annealing furnaces are called "lehrs" or "leers"—either spelling is correct—and the most searching inquiry failed to discover the reason for the name. They have always been called that, and probably always ...

— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

... Jack Smollet, of Dudding's Rents, King George's Road, Great Walworth, and Thomas Snelling, Peter Farley's Row, Guide Court, Bethnal Green. They are both in the employment of Harris & Sons, Moving and Shipment Company, Orange Master's ...

— Dracula • Bram Stoker

... Bombs, with clock work attachment to explode them at a certain time, were found on ships sailing for Europe. Money was poured out in great quantities to influence members of the United States Congress to vote against the shipment of war supplies to France and England. Revolts paid for by German money were organized in Mexico and the Islands of the West Indies. For a long time there had been a series of stories and newspaper and magazine articles trying to prove to ...

— The World War and What was Behind It - The Story of the Map of Europe • Louis P. Benezet

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