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

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

Tools that operate by air pressure.

A sail having battens that run the full horizontal length of the sail.

The upward curvature of the keel towards the bow and stern.

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 ...

Lying nearly head to wind and stopped, and maintaining this position by trimming sail or working engines.

Lie at anchor

Old term for the boat used by the captain to go ashore.

A system of reefing a sail by partially furling it. Roller furling systems are not necessarily designed to support roller reefing.

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

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.

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

Going sideways due to a current's set.

Areas of corrosion.

The study of the earth's waters.

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

Of a system (or part thereof) is its condition at an instant of time as described or measured by its properties.

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