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A small boat designed to be rowed by use of its oars. Some dinghies are rowboats.

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A closed rail freight car.

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Sufficient movement through the water to allow the boat to be controlled and steered by the rudder.

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Tools that operate by air pressure.

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Waves breaking over rocks or shoals. A wave that approaches shallow water, causing the wave height to exceed the depth of the water it is in, in effect tripping it. The wave changes from a smooth surge in the water to a cresting wave with water tumbling d ...

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The short aftermost raised deck of a vessel.

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An adiabatic compression with no increase in entropy; a reversible-adiabatic compression.

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Going sideways due to a current's set.

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Compartment in which clothing for issue to crew is stowed.

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The upper deck rail along both sides of a vessel to prevent anyone on board from falling overboard.

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A machine which aspirates gas which has already been compressed and delivers the same at higher pressure.

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Cu.

An abbreviation for "Cubic." A unit of volume measurement.

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Procedure where carrier tests the temperature of the internal flesh of refrigerated commodities to assure that the temperature at time of shipment conforms to prescribed temperature ranges.

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Are the connections between the headers and the work station.

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The meridian from which longitude is measured eastwards or westwards. The longitude of the prime meridian, passing through Greenwich, England, is 0

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The weight shown in a waybill and freight bill, i.e, the invoiced weight.

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A container constructed to carry grain, powder and other free-flowing solids in bulk. Used in conjunction with a tilt chassis or platform.

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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.

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Machine which receives dry bulk cargo. It is used for stowing sugar,ores and minerals in the holds.

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