What does 'bout ship mean?

'bout ship

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Frequency: 4.00 in modern English

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"`Very well, then; there are two alternatives before us. One is to 'bout ship, and try and run for some port in the whale-boat, which would be a sufficiently risky proceeding, and the other to sail or row on up the river, and see where we come to.'"

'bout ships (present, singular) 'bout shipping (participle, present) 'bout shipped (participle, past) 'bout shipped (past)

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