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.

Combination passenger/cargo vessel; a vessel specifically designed to carry both containers and conventional cargoes.

A term used in options trading. It is a straddle using options with different exercise prices, where.

A firm that acts as an export sales agent for more than one noncompeting manufacturer.

A rate made up of two or more factors, separately published.

The part of the total carbon in steel or cast iron that is present as other than free carbon.

The total of all deviations of a transducer's output from a specified straight line in a constant environment.

Ships which can carry both liquid and dry bulk cargoes.

A machine with a common prime mover which will provide independently the functions of either a windlass or a mooring winch (automatic or non-automatic).

A power plant that uses two thermodynamic cycles to achieve higher overall system efficiency; e.g.: the heat from a gas-fired combustion turbine is used to generate steam for heating or to operate a steam turbine to generate additional electricity.

Combination port.

The process of burning; the oxidation of a material by applying heat, which unites oxygen with a material or fuel.

Air that provides the necessary oxygen for complete, clean combustion and maximum heating value.

Any wholly or partially enclosed space in which combustion takes place.

The gaseous byproducts of the combustion of a fuel.

A power plant that generates power by combusting a fuel.

A turbine that generates power from the combustion of a fuel.

An anchor is said to come home when its flukes are not holding in the ground and it drags.

Bringing the boat from one tack to the other when sailing into the wind, so that the sail is flown in the opposite side by turning through the eye of the wind; Tack

Formerly an abbreviation for the Commodity Exchange in New York and now a division of the New York.