Sentence:  She was half in the water, a mere hulk, her rigging torn to shreds, her main mast cut away, and every sea she <WSD>shipped</WSD>, Melmoth could hear distinctly the dying cries of those who were swept away, or perhaps of those whose mind and body, alike exhausted, relaxed their benumbed hold of hope and life together,—knew that the next shriek that was uttered must be their own and their last. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.