To take in the slack and secure the standing rigging.

A safety device used to prevent or stop unwanted flames.

Abbreviation for "Container Freight Station." A shipping dock where cargo is loaded ("stuffed") into or unloaded ("stripped") from containers. Generally, this involves less than containerload shipments, although small shipments destined to same consignee ...

An old term for getting married.

The ship that carries an admiral's flag.

A buoy secured to a permanent anchor sunk deeply into the bottom.

Shell or body of a ship.

Practices and measures that increase energy efficiency.

A positive displacement type compressor.

The soft sandstone block sailors use to scrub the deck, so-called, because seamen were on their knees to use it.

All naval officers with the rank of rear admiral (or its equivalent) and above.

The same as FOB named inland carrier, except the seller pays the freight charges of the inland carrier.

Pounds per square inch, absolute.

Is a process taking place under constant temperature. To compress the gas from state 1 to state 2, heat must be removed to keep the temperature constant. The pressure change is reciprocal to the change in specific volume.

The air compressor continues to run and air supply is matched to the demand by partial unloading. This can be accomplished by a regulator controlled floating inlet or by step unloading.

The passing of several turns of line across the jaw of a hook to prevent something on the hook, such as an eye or a line, from jumping clear.

Crew store managed by crew members offering everything from snacks to toiletries. Originally the name given to clothing that was issued to seamen.

A unit designed to separate condensate from the compressed air stream.

A law limiting the time in which claims or suits may be instituted.

(1) Said of seas that break over a vessel or over a sea wall. (2) A whale breaches when it leaps out of the water.