aship

English

Etymology

a- +‎ ship

Adverb

aship (not comparable)

1. (US, dated, rare) On or onto a ship.

   Synonyms: aboard, on board

   Antonym: ashore

   • 1880, Mark Twain, chapter 17, in A Tramp Abroad‎^[1], Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, page 154:

     […] it was certainly one of the most exciting and uncomfortable weeks I ever spent, either aship or ashore.

   • 1912, Charles E. Young, chapter 6, in Dangers of the Trail in 1865‎^[2], Geneva, NY: Press of W.F. Humphrey, page 116:

     then the stern line was thrown aship, and the boat was off

Anagrams

• Saiph, aphis, apish, pahis, spahi