The state of a vessel when she is so loosened as to droop at each end.

The navigable water to leeward of a vessel.

A certificate issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to satisfy import regulations of foreign countries; indicates that a U.S. shipment has been inspected and found free from harmful pests and plant diseases.

Small, steep disorderly waves at rapid intervals.

An urgent message used on a radio regarding the safety of people or property. A PAN PAN message is not used when there is an immediate threat to life or property, instead the MAYDAY call is used. PAN PAN situations may develop into MAYDAY situations. As w ...

A harbor restriction placed on a ship which has an infectious disease on board, or which has arrived from a country where such a disease is prevalent. The crew may not go ashore until the ship is granted pratique.

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.

(1) Shallow water. (2) An underwater sand bar or hill that has its top near the surface.

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.

Bank that opens a straight or negotiable letter of credit and assumes the obligation to pay the bank or beneficiary if the documents presented are in accordance with the terms of the letter of credit.

The act of calling for freight by truck at the consignor's shipping platform.

Depending upon as a condition

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

An instrument designed to add lubrication into the compressed air line.

See standard air.

A dust-collection chamber containing numerous permeable fabric filters through which the exhaust gases pass. Finer particulates entrained in the exhaust gas stream are collected in the filters for subsequent treatment/disposal.

a filter medium that retains contaminants primarily within tortuous passages.

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

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

The horsepower input to the compressor shaft, or more generally to any driven machine shaft.