(Delivered Ex Ship) (...Named Port of Destination):A Term of Sale where the seller fulfills his/her obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available to the buyer on board the ship, uncleared for import at the named port of destination. The se ...

A length of line or thin rope; A line used to attach a sail to a spar.

Any sailboat with a four-sided mainsail, defined by two booms, one located on the bottom, perpendicular to the mast, and another, located on top, at an angle from the mast.

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A structure for impeding and controlling the flow of water in a water course, and which increases the water elevation to create the hydraulic head. The reservoir creates, in effect, stored energy.

A factor is an agent who will, at a discount (usually five to 8% of the gross), buy receivables.

The daily change in the price of a share or other security, i.e. the difference between the most.

A small freshwater mollusk that was accidentally introduced to North American waters via ballast water from a transoceanic vessel. The zebra mussel has had significant negative economic and ecological effects: It clogs water intake pipes and attaches to a ...

Protection and indemnity insurance

Any little handy contraption such as a scraper or sailmaker's palm, etc.

A light triangular or quadrilateral sail set over a gaff.

Fit and beautiful (describing a boat)

Good order and readiness.

A spar from which a square sail is hung. A long spar, tapered at the ends, attached at its middle to a mast and running athwartships at right angles to the mast; used to support the top of a square sail. The yard can pivot (be braced) around the mast. At ...

A mast that is stepped (placed) on the keel at the bottom of the boat rather than on the deck. Keel stepped masts are considered sturdier than deck stepped masts.

(Ex Works) (...Named Place): A Term of Sale which means that the seller fulfills the obligation to deliver when he or she has made the goods available at his/her premises (i.e., works, factory, warehouse, etc.) to the buyer. In particular, the seller is n ...

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

an antiwear additive found in many types of hydraulic and lubricating fluids. Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.

The cover for the gear box, drive train, generator, and other components of a wind turbine.