A knot used to temporarily shorten a line.

Current flowing through paths other than the intended circuit.

A squally wind sometimes accompanied by rain, observed as a dark cloud stretched across the horizon.

Across the width of a boat. Also Athwartships.

(1) The application of an electrically conductive metallic layer to the surface of nonconductors. (2) The application of metallic coatings by nonelectrolytic procedures such us spraying of molten metal and deposition from the vapor phase.

A thermal spraying process in which the coating material is melted with heat from a plasma torch that generates a nontransferred arc: molten coating material is propelled against the base metal by the hot, ionized gas issuing from the torch.

Artificial aging in which a constituent precipitated from a supersaturated solid solution.

The size of the area comprising a watershed or river basin. Also called catchment area.

The alternating motion of a boat, leaning alternately to port and starboard; the motion of a boat about its fore-and-aft axis.

Port Inboard

An illegal form of discounting or refunding that has the net effect of lowering the tariff price. See also Malpractice.

A command to stop or cease immediately what one is doing.

Sailing with the motor on and in gear

Movernent of water through the soil surface into the soil, or the quantity of water entering the soil. Infiltration is equal to the total precipitation less the losses due to interception by vegetation. retention in depressions on the land surface, evapor ...

Morse Code Distress Signal (

(1) Generic name for a large sea-going vessel. (2) To take an object aboard, such as cargo, or water. (3) To put items such as oars on the boat when not in use.

The stress condition in linear elastic fracture mechanics in which there is zero strain in a direction normal to both the axis of applied tensile stress and the direction of crack growth (that is, parallel to the crack front); most nearly achieved in load ...

(1) That section of pipeline extending from the ocean floor up the platform. Also, the vertical tube in a steam generator convection bank that circulates water and steam upward. (2) A reservoir of molten metal connected to a casting to provide additional ...

An instrument used to measure the amount of dew formed on a given surface.

General term for any device that measures precipitation: principally a rain gauge or snow gauge.