1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest. Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. Shak.
2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business. Addison.
SHIPWRIGHT
Ship"wright`, n.
Defn: One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.
SHIPYARD
Ship"yard`, n.
Defn: A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.
SHIRAZ
Shi*raz", n.
Defn: A kind of Persian wine; — so called from the place whence it is brought.
SHIRE
Shire, n. Etym: [AS. scire, scir, a division, province, county. Cf.
Sheriff.]
1. A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire. An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a county or shire. Blackstone.