Ship

Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant watercraft. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing, entertainment, public safety, and warfare. Historically, a "ship" was a vessel with sails rigged in a specific manner.

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Famous quotes containing the word ship:

    I saw a ship a-sailing,
    A-sailing on the sea,
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. I saw a ship a-sailing (l. 1–2)

    O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
    The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
    The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
    While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
    But O heart! heart! heart!
    O the bleeding drops of red,
    Where on the deck my Captain lies,
    Fallen cold and dead.
    Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.
    Martin Luther (1483–1546)