"aship" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "word": "ashore"
        }
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          "ref": "1880, Mark Twain, chapter 17, in A Tramp Abroad, Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, page 154",
          "text": "[…] it was certainly one of the most exciting and uncomfortable weeks I ever spent, either aship or ashore.",
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          "ref": "1912, Charles E. Young, chapter 6, in Dangers of the Trail in 1865, Geneva, NY: Press of W.F. Humphrey, page 116",
          "text": "then the stern line was thrown aship, and the boat was off",
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        "On or onto a ship."
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        "(US, dated, rare) On or onto a ship."
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          "word": "aboard"
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          "word": "on board"
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1880, Mark Twain, chapter 17, in A Tramp Abroad, Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, page 154",
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          "text": "then the stern line was thrown aship, and the boat was off",
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        "On or onto a ship."
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        "(US, dated, rare) On or onto a ship."
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