A machine which aspirates gas which has already been compressed and delivers the same at higher pressure.

A line used to control the tension along a sail's luff in order to maintain proper sail shape.

To take the opposite tack when sailing to windward with another yacht.

On a square-rigged ship, the short pieces of line which hang from the yards and support the footropes on which the topmen stand while working aloft on the sails.

A compressor belonging to the group of displacement reciprocating compressors.

A value used to estimate interior air cooling requirements (load) calculated as the number of degrees per day (over a specified period) that the daily average temperature is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit (or some other, specified base temperature). The dail ...

An electromechanical device composed of a coil of wire wound around a cylinder containing a bar or plunger, that when a current is applied to the coil, the electromotive force causes the plunger to move; a series of coils or wires used to produce a magnet ...

Strips of material used to separate multiple panes of glass within the windows.

A short length of chain, usually 15 fathoms (90 feet). (Method of measuring chain.)

Life assurance where payment of the sum assured depends on an event or events additional to the.

Debts owed by a company which are due for settlement within 12 months. These include creditors and...

Observing with the eye. Applied to a document, means examining and signing as evidence of satisfaction as to its authenticity.

A panel which covers the underside of an roof overhang, cantilever, or mansard.

The left side of a vessel when looking forward.

The buying or selling of underlying instruments such as commodities, securities and currencies etc.

Long wave formations during calm or light air formed by waves running into shoaling water

A vessel formed of two or more hulls. A catamaran has two hulls, and a trimaran has three hulls.

The act of taking a ship on the high seas from those lawfully entitled to it.

The westerly distance in an arc from Aries, measured as an angle at the pole or as the intercepted arc of the equinoctial between the hour angle of Aries and the hour angle of the body.

Shipper's communication(s) to its agent and/or directly to the international water-carrier. Instructions may be varied, e.g., specific details/clauses to be printed on the B/L, directions for cargo pickup and delivery.