When flogging a seaman, to run the fingers through the Cat-O'-Nine-Tails after each stroke to separate the strands in preparation for the next stroke.

Space booked by shipper or charterer on a vessel but not used

(1) Clear, not tangled. (2) sailing free: a vessel is sailing free when her sheets are eased. (3) running free: to sail with the wind from astern.

A thick serge jacket worn by seamen while keeping watch at night or in stormy weather.

Said of a vessel that is firm, strong, and unlikely to develop leaks.

A belt and line or wire used to help a crew hike out beyond the edge of a boat to counteract the boat's heel. Usually used on small vessels for racing.

see Devil

A line used to control the tension along a sail's luff in order to maintain proper sail shape.

A dock line leading forward or aft, to prevent a vessel from moving ahead or astern. The after bow spring line is attached near the bow and runs aft, where it is attached to the dock. The forward quarter spring line is attached to the quarter of the boat, ...

The most important commercial measurement when the intrinsic weight of the cargo is so low that the ship becomes full without being loaded to the cargo line. Is expressed in cubic metres or cubic feet.

Areas of corrosion.

Sideward force created by a spinning propeller.

- A hitch used for bending a line to a spar, which if tied properly, won't slip. The end of the line is passed around the spar and then passed a second time around so it rides over the standing part. Then it is carried across and up through the bight.

A term applied to the gas found on the high pressure side of the refrigeration system.

An announced warning of an approach of a storm.

Abbreviation for "Standard Transportation Commodity Code."

A point through which all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act.

The difference between the diameter of a shaft rod, etc., and that of the hole in which it works.

Are lines that supply equipment from sub headers.

In spray painting applications, Spray equipment which delivers material at a low pressure of no more than 10 PSI (at the air cap), however, with greater volume of air.