An ocean carrier company operating vessels not on regular runs or schedules. They call at any port where cargo may be available.

To sail as close as possible to the wind. Some boats can point better than others, sailing closer to the wind.

To leave; to push a boat away from a pier or vessel's side.

Running ashore (hitting the bot-tom).

A device designed to enable accumulated liquids to be held for draining in a compressed air system.

Polytetrafluorethylene.

The slowest speed at which a vessel steers.

An old seafaring dish made of boiled oatmeal seasoned with salt, sugar, and butter.

On square-rigged ships, a small light square sail set above the skysail in fair weather. If the sail were triangular, it would be called a Skyscraper.

all material and energy present in and around an operating system, such as dust, air moisture, chemicals, and thermal energy.

Articles which are taken apart to reduce the cubic footage displaced or to make a better shipping unit and are to be re-assembled.

Old expression for the engraving of the wind-rose on charts.

The area of sea not under the sovereignty of nations with a seaboard.

The navigable water to leeward of a vessel.

Words incorporated when signing under duress and not concurring entirely with import of document signed, and after stating grounds of non-concurrence.

Calling names of the points of the compass in order.

When used in pricing terms such as "Ex Factory" or "Ex Dock," it signifies that the price quoted applies only at the point of origin indicated.

Heat exchangers for removing the heat of compression between stages of a compressor.

2,240 pounds (1016.05 kilograms)

A call on the bo'sun's pipe at night for the hands to turn in, for silence in the messdecks, and for lights to be extinguished. Also a term used by a sailor to another to make them stop talking.