The stage, on a fixed river gauge, corresponding to the top of the lowest banks within the reach for which the gauge is used as an index. Compare to flood stage.

Stands for "Immediate Exit." In the U.S., Customs IE Form is used when goods are brought into the U.S. and are to be immediately re-exported without being transported within the U.S.

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A temperature scale on which the freezing point of water equals 32

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Consignments of cargo sent abroad in a ship to be sold or bartered by the master to best advantage or when the opportunity arises.

A person appointed by a company to perform an audit. In the UK auditors are Chartered.

A cover which fits over a large inflated balloon to facilitate handling in high or gusty winds.

A moral, rather than a contractual commitment by a bank to provide a loan to a borrower up to a.

Tropical Deadweight

A quantity of (solid) biomass fuel equal to 2,400 pounds bone dry.

An adsorption type desiccant.

A notched support for the boom when the sail is not raised. Unlike a gallows frame, a crutch is stowed when boat is sailing.

A type of air compressor in which air is compressed in a series of stages as it flows axaily through a decreasing tubular area.

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An elastomeric bellow with specially designed metal end closures used in place of pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders. A device which induces action or motion with compressed air being the medium through which the power is transmitted.

A term applied to a floating object that is moored or anchored so that it remains at one place. Budys are used for marking the places on the water where a ship is sunk, where reefs are below, where the edges of the channel are, or to provide means for moo ...

Pieces of soft wood, covered with canvass, placed on the trestle-trees, for the eyes of the rigging to rest upon.

The portion of the strearnflow during any month or year derived from precipitation in previous months or years.

A thin, inhibiting paint, usually chromate pigmented with a polyvinyl butyrate binder.