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S(c)hip-burd(e, -buird, -boord, n. Also: s(c)hipe-, shiep- and -bo(a)rd, -boorde. [ME and e.m.E. shippebord (1352), ship bord (c1430), schip burd (1498), earlier scipes borde (c1200), schupes borde (a1300); S(c)hip n. and Burd(e n.] The side of a ship.

1. In adv. phr. introduced by a preposition, chiefly with omission of article. a. (With)in burde, on board (a ship).(1) 1425 Acts II 11/1.
That he … hald within schipburde al men that he bringis with hym 1564 Reg. Privy C. I 279.
Ordoure for pest … all … laitlie cumit in … fra … Danskin to contene thame selffis and thair gudis within schipburd 1586 Ib. IV 123.
The same fisheing brocht in this yeir … ar … retenit within schipburde, and refusit to be sauld 1586 Ib.
Thay have ressavit within schipburde a grite quantitie of victuallis 1602 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II 139.
That the schipis cumpany sall keip peace … amangis them selffis within schipbuird 1624 Criminal Trials III 571.
Schip-buird — 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i 144.
Quhen they are delyvered vnto him, he sould pay therefore within the shipburde(2) 1498–9 Acts Lords of Council II 325.
[Bear] to be deliverit be him in schipburd within the toune of Banff 1559 Admir. Ct. Bk. (St. S.) 135.
Guddis ressavit … in schipburde 1578 Reg. Privy C. II 693.
And to arreist the saidis wynis, to remane under arreistment in schipburde quhill [etc.] 1622-6 Bisset I 205/7. 1627 Bk. Carlaverock II 88.
Aquent him quha he is that resaues thes men in Scotland in shipboord 1709 Household Bk. Gr. Baillie 79.
Botleing the clarit and puting 14 dusone a bottles in shiepboord

b. To (frae) schipburde, on to (or off) a ship. 1436 Acts II 24/1.
All maner of gudis that enteris to schipburde 1535 Stewart 568.
Syne to schipburd quhen tha war brocht all, Thai drew ankeris c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 174.
And euerie man to shipburd drew a1578 Pitsc. I 288/17.
This duike … passit haistalie to schipburde — 1498 Aberd. Pynours 85.
For ilk ane barrell borne fra the key or frae the schipburd at the key to ony part of this burghe

c. Our schipburd, overboard. 1513 Doug. v iv 30.
He … swakkyt hym our schipburd in the see 1513 Ib. 34.
Be than the auld Meneyt our schipburd slyde 1573 Davidson Satirical Poems xl 131.
The prelats gold … did geif Ouir schipburd in the sey him [sc. Knox] for to cast

d. On schipburd, (later) a schipburd, on board a ship; on to a ship.(1) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace x 856.
A cruell cowntyr thar was on schipburd seyn — 1594 Charteris Wall. Pref. 173.
Wallace entering on schipbuird, passit to France 1615 Orkney & Shetl. Ct. Bks. 31.
Na sik persone … sall hant, traff[ique] or repair on ship buird of ony strainger or dogger for buying or selling of merchandice(2) 1614 Melrose P. 159.
Being a schipboord 1618 Spottiswoode Misc. I 275.
Quher I attendit a schipbord, almost a moneth 1623 Mar & Kellie MSS Suppl. 175.
The prince hes plainlye saide, that [he will not] lye with hir unto sutche tyme as he have hir a shipeboorde 1625 Edinb. B. Rec. VI 291.
Being chairged be the baillies of Leith for keipine a schipbuird 1685 Marchmont P. 26.
The places of descent to be resolved a shipboard — 1633 Coll. Witchcraft 119.
The said Williame … was the first man that came a shipboard

2. To tak schipburde, to go aboard ship, to embark. 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 21.
The kingis grace tuik agane schipbuird at Leith with his nobillis 1572-5 Ib. 268.
Schipeburd

3. quasi-adv. in To go schipbuird towards, to embark for (a place). 1631 Kirkcaldy Presb. 26.
He was accompanying his sonne … who was goeing shipbuird towards Ingland