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The approach to investing which aims to invest in fast-growing companies which are rapidly.

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Snow shower, particularly of a very light and brief nature.

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Pieces of timber bolted to the hounds of a mast, to support the trestle-trees.

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Line attached to the bottom of the boom used to flatten the sail by pulling the boom down, and thus tightening the luff of the sail. (2) A line used for hauling down a jib or staysail.

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Cargo Tank, Common

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Precipitation of very small, white opaque particles of ice, fairly flat or elongated, with diameters less than 1 mm. The solid equivalent of drizzle.

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To know and to be able to recite the points of a compass from north to south to north again, both clockwise and counter-clockwise.

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All naval officers with the rank of rear admiral (or its equivalent) and above.

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(1) A navigator shoots the sun by using a sextant to measure its altitude. (2) A sailing vessel shoots when she forges ahead to windward with her sails luffing.

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The settings on a pressure switch used to either load or unload the air compressor on a constant speed application, or start or stop the compressor on a start/stop application. The cut out pressure is also known as the maximum pressure, or the point at wh ...

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A solar thermal electric central reciever power plant ("power tower") located in Barstow, California, and completed in 1981. The Solar One had a design capacity of 10,000 peak kilowatts, and was composed of a receiver located on the top of a tower surroun ...

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Purchase of shares without entitlement to current dividends. This entitlement remains with the.

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(EDSP)The price which determines the price for physical delivery of the underlying instrument or the price.

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Bow

The forwardmost or front part of the vessel. Opposite of Stern

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In spray painting applications, spray equipment which delivers material at a low pressure of no more than 10 PSI (at the air cap), however, with greater volume of air.

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Are the connections between the headers and the work station.

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A very high wind. Also called "Snotter"

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A line running from near the top of the mast, used to hold the spinnaker pole in place.

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A winch used solely for warping, on which a rope may be wound under power but not stored.

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Going sideways due to a current's set.

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