Shipward

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    toward a ship not-comparable

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"So spake the seer, and shipward bids his friends / rich gifts convey, and store them in the hold. / Gold, silver plate, carved ivory he sends, / with massive caldrons of Dodona's mould; / a coat of mail, with triple chain of gold, / and shining helm, with cone and flowing crest, / the arms of Pyrrhus, glorious to behold."

Etymology

From ship + -ward.

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