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Alert (pep it up!).

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The part of the rope or line, between the end and the standing part, on which a knot is formed.

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

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A rope passed around (center) a boat or other object for hanging.

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Tassels of unraveled line, yarns, etc. which are lashed around chafe spots such as spreaders to prevent chafe on sails.

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

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An automatic or manual valve that causes the flow to be by passed.

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To drag the bottom for an anchor. Also, large oars used in small vessels to force them ahead.

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A small receiver fitted on the inlet or discharge of a reciprocating compressor. The device is designed to remove the resonance from the compressor thereby reducing noise.

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A large heavy knot usually made in the end of a heaving line to aid in accurate throwing.

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The fluid entering a component.

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A metallic pad, usually embedded in concrete, on which the compressor feet are mounted.

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The direction of an object from the observer's position.

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The wooden bit in the stem of a whaling boat around which the harpoon line was controlled.

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The top of a wheelhouse, forecastle, etc., having the form of a turtle's back.

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A conduit for disposing of refuse-especially that the ship/s galley.

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An imaginary line around the center of the earth at 0

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The lifting power. It may be measured by the volume of a watertight hull above the load water line.

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In the middle portion of the boat - Roughly halfway between a ship's stem and stern, and where the beam usually is the widest.

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Filtering device used to remove the solid debris from the cooling water.

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