"ship a sea" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1724, [Daniel Defoe], “Letter V”, in The Great Law of Subordination Consider’d; or, The Insolence and Unsufferable Behaviour of Servants in England Duly Enquir’d into. […], London: Sold by S. Harding, […], →OCLC, page 134:",
          "text": "[…] VVaterman, ſays I, vvhat are you doing? vvhat did you ſhip a Sea? ay, ſays the VVaterman, and a great one too; vvhy it blovvs a Frett of VVind; […]",
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          "ref": "1774, David Henry, “The Voyages of Captain Cooke”, in An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World, Performed by English Navigators, volume 2, London: F. Newbery, page 19:",
          "text": "Thus we scudded before the wind […] and at nine shipped a sea in the poop, as we in the cabbin were going to supper.",
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          "ref": "1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter VIII, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 81:",
          "text": "At almost every roll to leeward she shipped a sea, several of which came partially down into the cabin during our scuffle, the hatchway having been left open by myself when I descended.",
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          "ref": "1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter XXIV, in Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC, part V (My Sea Adventure), page 196:",
          "text": "Once I shipped a sea so heavy that I had to stop and bail, with my heart fluttering like a bird […]",
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        "To have a large wave wash over one's vessel."
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        "(intransitive, nautical) To have a large wave wash over one's vessel."
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        "transport"
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          "ref": "1724, [Daniel Defoe], “Letter V”, in The Great Law of Subordination Consider’d; or, The Insolence and Unsufferable Behaviour of Servants in England Duly Enquir’d into. […], London: Sold by S. Harding, […], →OCLC, page 134:",
          "text": "[…] VVaterman, ſays I, vvhat are you doing? vvhat did you ſhip a Sea? ay, ſays the VVaterman, and a great one too; vvhy it blovvs a Frett of VVind; […]",
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          "ref": "1774, David Henry, “The Voyages of Captain Cooke”, in An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World, Performed by English Navigators, volume 2, London: F. Newbery, page 19:",
          "text": "Thus we scudded before the wind […] and at nine shipped a sea in the poop, as we in the cabbin were going to supper.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter VIII, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 81:",
          "text": "At almost every roll to leeward she shipped a sea, several of which came partially down into the cabin during our scuffle, the hatchway having been left open by myself when I descended.",
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          "text": "Once I shipped a sea so heavy that I had to stop and bail, with my heart fluttering like a bird […]",
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        "(intransitive, nautical) To have a large wave wash over one's vessel."
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