Starboard.

A monetary allowance to the customer for picking up or delivering at a point other than the destination shown on the bill of lading. This provision is covered by tariff publication.

A solar power station investigated by NASA that entailed a satellite in geosynchronous orbit that would consist of a very large array of solar photovoltaic modules that would convert solar generated electricity to microwaves and beam them to a fixed point ...

A bullying and tyrannical officer; he would drive his crew by brutality and the power of his fists.

Loose and broken ice in bays, or along exposed edges of floes.

SOnar Navigation and Ranging - A device which emits pulses of high frequency sound which are reflected by any solid object they encounter. The time from the emission of the pulse and the arrival of its returning echo is measured, giving a range to the obj ...

Voyage charter party published by Chamber of Shipping of U.K.

A construction element applied to the outermost surface of an exterior wall.

The piston only compresses air with its stroke in one direction.

Snappy, seamanlike; a smart ship is an efficient one.

An electrical conductor/cable that carries electricity from a generator to other locations for distribution.

A company jointly owned by the London Stock Exchange and FT which creates and compiles financial.

Circular metallic elements that ride in the grooves of a piston and provide compression sealing during combustion. Also used to spread oil for lubrication.

To spill the sails is to take the wind out of the sails, either by heading up into the wind, or by easing the sheets to the point where the sails can hold no wind.

The fine particulate matter entrained in the flue gases of a combustion power plant.

The heat produced by sources of heat in a building (occupants, appliances, lighting, etc).

A registered trademark for plastic sheeting material that can be used as a vapor retarder. This plastic is used to make grocery bags. It is a long chain of carbon atoms with 2 hydrogen atoms attached to each carbon atom.

A bank jointly owned by a number of other banks. An increasingly unfashionable way for small banks.

An instrument for measuring differences in electric potential.

- A hitch used for bending a line to a spar, which if tied properly, won't slip. The end of the line is passed around the spar and then passed a second time around so it rides over the standing part. Then it is carried across and up through the bight.