aship
English
Etymology
a- + ship
Adverb
aship (not comparable)
- (US, dated, rare) On or onto a ship.
- Synonyms: aboard, on board
- Antonym: ashore
- 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad, Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, Chapter 17, p. 154,
- […] it was certainly one of the most exciting and uncomfortable weeks I ever spent, either aship or ashore.
- 1912, Charles E. Young, Dangers of the Trail in 1865, Geneva, NY: Press of W.F. Humphrey, Chapter 6, p. 116,
- then the stern line was thrown aship, and the boat was off
Anagrams
- Saiph, aphis, apish, pahis, spahi