资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a
      ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale.

   {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the
      government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a
      ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C.

   {General ship}. See under {General}.

   {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard;
      -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}.

   {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. ``Seal up the ship
      boy's eyes.'' --Shak.

   {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for
      further use.

   {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and
      selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in
      transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port.
      

   {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing
      vessels.

   {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a
      shipwright.

   {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other,
      furniture of vessels.

   {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler
      deals; also, the business of a ship chandler.

   {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also
      {putrid, jail, or hospital fever}.

   {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships.

   {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet.
      

   {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on
      the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of
      England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for
      the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to
      revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden,
      and was one of the causes which led to the death of
      Charles. It was finally abolished.

   {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}.

   {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent
      of the rolling and pitching of a vessel.

   {Ship railway}.
      (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of
          which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for
          repairs.
      (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels
          overland between two water courses or harbors.

   {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel.

   {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or
      unloading.

   {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}.

   {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is
      required by law to be provided, and the production of
      which may be required on certain occasions. Among these
      papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter
      party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll,
      bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent.

   {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel.

资料来源 : WordNet®

ship money
     n : an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for
         national defense