shanghai

To kidnap (a man) for compulsory service aboard a ship, especially after drugging him.

To induce or compel (someone) to do something, especially by fraud or force.

Nautical, to render insensible, as a person, by drugs, liquor, or violence, and ship him on a vessel wanting hands, for the purpose of fraudulently securing advance-money and any premium offered for procuring seamen.

A very long-legged hen with feathered shanks, reputed to have been introduced from Shanghai, China.

Hence A tall person; especially, a tall dandy.

A long, slender oyster; a stick-up or stuck-up; a coon-heel, rabbit-ear, or razor-blade.

A kind of fish-hook.

A boys’ catapult.

To shoot with a shanghai. See shanghai, 5.

A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.