An alloy of lead containing 3 to l5% Sn, used as a hot dip coating for steel sheet or plate. Terne coatings, which are smooth and dull in appearance, give the steel better corrosion resistance and enhance its ability to be formed, soldered, or painted.

An officer who attends to the berthing, etc., of ships in a harbor.

A lower-than-usual tariff rate assessed because a shipper offers a greater volume than specified in the tariff. The incentive rate is assessed for that portion exceeding the normal volume.

Pounds.

a wind coming from the northeast

Restricted Greater Coasting Service.

Tanker, Specified Liquefied Gases.

A popular term used to describe the increase in average global temperatures due to the greenhouse effect.

A building design that uses structural elements of a building to heat and cool a building, without the use of mechanical equipment, which requires careful consideration of the local climate and solar energy resource, building orientation, and landscape fe ...

The difference between the outgoing infrared terrestrial radiation of the earth's surface and the downcoming infrared counterradiation from the atmosphere.

A rope attached to the clew of the foresail and rove through a block on the swinging boom. Used for guying the clews out when before the wind.

The difference between the total cooling effect and the dehumidifying effect.

A stick with a blade in the end of it used to propel a small boat through the water; The act of using a paddle to propel a boat.

An item such as a nail, screw, rivet or other device used to fasten objects together.

The measure of a company's solvency, looking at the relationship between its assets and its.

At right angles to the centerline of the boat; rowboat seats are generally athwart ships.

Same as instrument shelter.

An angle or channel from deck beam to shell frame taking the place of a bracket.

Water washing over; the situation of an object when almost submerged.

Abbreviation for "Government Bill of Lading."