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Removal of a shipment from a vessel.

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Used in meteorology to describe boundaries between hot and cold air masses. This is typically where bad weather is found.

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Said of a boat which turns end over end in very rough seas.

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Running ashore (hitting the bot-tom).

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An instrument that uses sound waves to measure the distance to the bottom.

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A mast supported by the use of lines or wire known as stays and shrouds.

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Seamen who worked on the masts and yards of square-rigged ships.

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Attempting to import merchandise into a country at a price less than the fair market value, usually through subsidy by exporting country.

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

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To take a boat into water that is too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the bottom of the boat is resting on the ground.

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

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Small, steep disorderly waves at rapid intervals.

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Thin sheets of copper applied to the hull of a wooden ship below the waterline to prevent the toredo worm eating the planks, and also to limit the growth of weed, barnacles or other marine life.

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The navigable water to leeward of a vessel.

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

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The rate (in liters or gallons per minute, cubic meters or cubic feet per second, or other quantity per time unit) Air related flows are usually expressed in CFM, SCFM, ACFM, ICFM

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Any system, usually block & tackle or hydraulic, used to hold the boom down. This is useful for maintaining proper sail shape by exerting a downward pull on the boom, particularly when running or on a broad reach.

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A stationary element that may be adjustable and which directs the flow medium to the inlet of an impeller.

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Loan issued against some security

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Depending upon as a condition

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