Merchant-SHIP, a vessel employed in commerce to carry commodities of various sorts from one port to another.
The largest merchant ships are those employed by the different companies of merchants who trade to the East Indies. They are in general larger than our 40 gun ships; and are commonly mounted with 20 guns on their upper-deck, which are nine pounders; and six on their quarter-deck, which are six pounders.
Register-SHIP. See REGISTER-SHIP.