(1) To fill a space (room) with water; (2) A rising tide.

A non-commissioned naval rank. Midshipmen play a part, under supervision, in most of the ship's activities, and are in training for higher command.

A stated amount over a fixed rate to one point to make a rate to another point.

The best of its type of fishing boat. Word originates from a time when the crew used to fish from the deck of a vessel. The best fisherman got the highest place on deck, up in the bow, so his line was the highest above the sea.

The mast aft of the mainmast in a sailing ship - the shorter mast behind the main mast on a ketch or yawl, or the third aftermost mast of a three-masted schooner or square-rigged ship.

Slang expression to indicate that a ship was not fitted with any mechanical aids, and that all the work of the ship had to be done with the strong arms of the crew.

The region around the equator between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The tropics are known for their warm weather.

Alert (pep it up!).

ACRONYM - Approach temperature. Usually the difference between cooling water temperature in to compressed air temperature out of an inter-cooler or after-cooler. Sometimes used to define oil cooler efficiency (cooling water temperature in to oil temperatu ...

A rate published on traffic moving from an interior point to a port for transshipment to a foreign country.

The carrier issuing transportation documents or publishing a tariff.

An inland point provided by an all water carrier's through bill of lading in the U.S. by first discharging the container in an East Coast port.

There is no such thing on a boat! See Fender.

Small lines used to tie the sails when they are flaked or furled.

A term which describes the rising of warm air above cold air when two air masses of different temperatures, humidity and pressure meet.

A device for separating solids or suspended particles in the air before they enter the air intake of the compressor and reduce intake noise as on reciprocating compressors through a silencing chamber in the filter housing.

The stationary seating surface, the inlet of a valve.

The difference between the maximum extended height and the compressed height of an air actuator.

The largest circle which can be inscribed on a sphere by a plane that cuts through the center of the sphere. On the earth, the equator is a great circle, as are all the meridians of longitude which pass through both poles. The shortest distance between tw ...

Used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast on a square rigged ship.