To stow or secure in a safe place. A top-mast is housed by lowering it and securing it to a lowermast.

Bread that was supplied to ships before bakeries were introduced on board.

A sail placed forward of the mast, such as a jib; the sail set from the foremast on a schooner; the lowest square sail on the foremast of Square Riggers.

The same as FOB named inland carrier, except the buyer pays the transportation charge and the seller reduces the invoice by a like amount.

Side stays from the masthead to the rail..

A waybill covering two or more consignments of freight.

At or in the direction of the bow. Also the fore part of the ship.

A short length of chain, usually 15 fathoms (90 feet). (Method of measuring chain.)

In a manner, or fashion, befitting a seaman.

The weight of water vapor in the air vapor mixture per pound of dry air.

The pressure encountered on the return side of a system.

A loss discovered before or at the time of delivery of a shipment.

A bridge that swings away from the waterway so that boats may pass beside it.

A change made either in the route of a shipment in transit (see Reconsignment) or of the entire ship.

In spray painting, the process of applying the final coat of paint at a lower air pressure. Used to uniform a finish or blending.

Is another term for saturated vapor pressure.

The operation of swinging round, by means of braces, the yards of a square rigged ship to set the sails more efficiently to the wind.

(1) A false keel. (2) The projection of the keel abaft the stern frame where the spindle of the rudder rests.

An outrigger used to hold a block clear of a mast or of the ship's side.

The aft edge of a sail, more commonly called the leech.