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Operation mode of a communication circuit in which one end can only transmit and the other end can only receive.

Category:Meteorology

To take in the slack and secure the standing rigging.

Category:Sea Words

Waves breaking over rocks or shoals. A wave that approaches shallow water, causing the wave height to exceed the depth of the water it is in, in effect tripping it. The wave changes from a smooth surge in the water to a cresting wave with water tumbling d ...

Category:Sea Words

A breakwater used as a landing pier.

Category:Sea Words

A condition of filter element loading in which contaminant spans the space between adjacent sections of a filter element, thus blocking a portion of the useful filtration.

Category:Sea Words

A water and energy conserving device that limits the amount of water that a faucet or showerhead can deliver.

Category:Energy Terms

Type of shackle designed to take several eyes connected to several lengths of chain.

Category:Sea Words

To go onboard, to go into a ship, or to gain access to a vessel.

Category:Sea Words

A certificate issued on the occurrence of a chargeable event. Details listed include the amount of.

Category:Financial Terms

The distribution of part of a company's earnings to shareholders, usually twice a year in the.

Category:Financial Terms

In the US, an insurance policy taken out on the life of a company executive or senior employee whose.

Category:Financial Terms

Areas of corrosion.

Category:Sea Words

British standard pipe tapered.

Category:Sea Words

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 ...

Category:Energy Terms

A certificate, issued by a building society or bank (in accordance with Section 352 of the Income.

Category:Financial Terms

The permanent ownership of land or buildings which can be legally passed on to heirs and the most.

Category:Financial Terms

When flogging a seaman, to run the fingers through the Cat-O'-Nine-Tails after each stroke to separate the strands in preparation for the next stroke.

Category:Sea Words

To give the steersman the de-sired course to be steered.

Category:Sea Words

Freight moving from origin to destination over the Freight lines of two or more transportation carriers.

Category:Sea Words

Wood boards used to cover the ribs, frames, deck or hull of a wooden vessel.

Category:Sea Words