Defn: Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy;
orderly.
Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode
of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner.
De Quincey.
Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson.
SHIPSHAPE
Ship"shape`, adv.
Defn: In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
SHIPWORM
Ship"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.
SHIPWRECK
Ship"wreck`, n.
1. The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
2. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage. Dryden.
3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss. Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck. 1 Tim. 1. 19. It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck. J. Morley.
SHIPWRECK
Ship"wreck`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipwrecked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shipwrecking.]