Brass work, polished (also varnished wood work in yachts).

A Marine insurance term to refer to partial loss on an individual shipment from one of the perils insured against, regardless of the balance of the cargo. Particularaverage insurance can usually be obtained, but the loss must be in excess of a certain per ...

Sailing term used to indicate a sailing vessel underway with no headsails set.

Any signal that is used to indicate that a vessel is in distress and needs help. Flares, smoke, audible alarms, EPIRB, electronic beacons and others are all types of distress signals.(2) A flag display or a sound, light, or radio signal calling for assist ...

Is a process taking place without any heat exchange with the surroundings.

2,000 pounds.

Pipe lines to a compartment for smothering a fire by steam or by a chemical.

Fresh water mixed with sea water, having a density between 1,000 and 1,026 kg/cm3

A hard-chined dinghy with flared sides, considered a useful weight-carrying work boat.

A positive displacement type compressor.

To bring a sailing vessel to a stop with her sails still set. This can be accomplished on a square rigged ship by bracing the yards aback on her foremast; on fore-and-aft rigged boats it is done by bringing her head into the wind so that the sails are no ...

An expression of surprise or unbelief, as when a ship strikes a rock or shoal so hard that her timbers shiver.

The gauge pressure at which a safety valve visibly and audibly opens or at setting which a relief valve discharges an unbroken stream of liquid.

To ascertain the proper course to be steered to make the desired point or port. Shark's mouth

The interaction between the stages of a centrifugal compressor. When a multi-stage compressor is designed, each stage can operate at only one point its characteristic curve. The point is determine by the design conditions of temperature, flow and pressur ...

Any Boat Designed with a pointed bow and stern

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

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

Carriers' practice of dividing revenue received from through rates where joint hauls are involved. This is usually according to agreed formulae.

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