Chocks which hold and anchor in place either in a locker or on deck.

Entire weight of goods, packaging and freight car or container, ready for shipment. Generally, 80,000 pounds maximum container, cargo and tractor for highway transport.

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To haul on a rope, to haul up tight, to hoist the last possible inch or so.

Rum diluted with water. In the 1700s the daily ration of rum in the British Navy was diluted with water with the idea of reducing drunkenness. The term groggy was derived from the effects of drinking too much grog.

Amount of time for a compressor to complete one cycle.

Abbreviation for "Cubic Meter" (capital letters).

The locker in which the bos'n keeps his deck gear.

On older sailing ships, a heavy piece of curved timber projecting from the bow for the purpose of holding anchors in position for letting go or for securing them after weighing.

Wooden swells on each side of the after end of a boom, having sheaves through which to lead the leech reefing pendants.

(1) To lay a line out in coils so that it can run without fouling. (2) Folding a sail in layers on the boom.

A piece of rope placed so as to confine a spar or another rope. A handle made of rope, in the form of a circle, (as the handle of a chest.) is called a becket.

The ratio of the isothermal power consumption to shaft input.

The distance the ship's side falls in towards the center line above the load water line. Opposite of flare.

A publication predicting the time and height of high tide and low tide.

Usually refers to a rating that applies to an article regardless of size or quantity.

An anchor that is designed to bury itself into the ground by use of its plow shape. Also called a plow anchor.

On square-rigged ships, an additional sail set in good weather outside the square sails when the wind was abaft the beam.

To turn the boat away from the wind. Also, Fall Off. The opposite of heading up.

The maximum rate at which an engine can do work as measured by the resistance of an applied brake. Expressed in horsepower.