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shang·hai    Audio Help   [shang-hahy, shang-hahy] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -haied, -hai·ing. Nautical.
to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.

[Origin: 1855–60; after Shanghai]
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Shanghai

To learn more about Shanghai visit Britannica.com

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Shang·hai    Audio Help   [shang-hahy; Chin. shahng-hahy] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a seaport and municipality in E China, near the mouth of the Chang Jiang. 10,820,000.
2.a type of long-legged chicken believed to be of Asian origin.
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Cochin China 2  
n.   A large domestic fowl of a breed developed in Asia, having thickly feathered legs. Also called Cochin2, Shanghai2.


[After Cochin China1.]

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shang·hai    Audio Help   (shāng-hī', shāng'hī')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   shang·haied, shang·hai·ing, shang·hais
  1. To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.
  2. To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force: We were shanghaied into buying worthless securities.


[After Shanghai1, from the former custom of kidnapping sailors to man ships going to China.]

shang·hai'er n.
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Shang·hai 1    Audio Help   (shāng-hī', shäng'-)  Pronunciation Key 
A city of eastern China at the mouth of the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) southeast of Nanjing. The largest city in the country, Shanghai was opened to foreign trade by the Treaty of Nanking (1842) and quickly prospered. France, Great Britain, and the United States all held large concessions in the city until the early 20th century. Shanghai is located in Jiangsu province but is administered as a separate governmental unit. Population: 9,830,000.

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Shang·hai 2    Audio Help   (shāng-hī')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   See Cochin China2.


[After Shanghai1.]

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shanghai 
1854, Amer.Eng., "to drug a man unconscious and ship him as a sailor," from the practice of kidnapping to fill the crews of ships making extended voyages, such as to the Chinese seaport of Shanghai.

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shanghai

noun
1. the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world 

verb
1. take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged" 

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Shanghai

Largest city in China, located in the eastern part of the country on the Pacific Ocean.

Note: Shanghai is the most populous city in Asia.
Note: It is one of the world's great seaports.
Note: Opened to foreign trade by the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, Shanghai became a treaty port administered by Britain, the United States, and France until World War II.

[Chapter:] World Geography


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Shanghai, VA Zip code(s): 23110

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Shanghai

Shang`hai"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shanghaied; p. pr. & vb. n. Shanghaiing.] To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition. [Written also shanghae.] [Slang, U.S.]

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Shanghai

Shang`hai"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.

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