Side stays from the masthead to the rail..

Windward side of a vessel.

Steps in the compression of a gas, In reciprocating compressors, each stage usually requires a separate cylinder, in dynamic compressors, each requires a separate rotor disc.

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

A material (such as oil) used between moving parts of machinery to make the surfaces slippery and reduce friction.

Wheeled under-carriage on which a container or chassis may be placed.

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

Light rope secured to a buoy to hold vessel while stronger moorings are attached.

Long wave formations during calm or light air formed by waves running into shoaling water

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

A private ship operating under license from a government against the merchant shipping of an enemy.

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

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

Is another term for saturated vapor pressure.

Energy which a substance possesses because of the motion and configuration of its atoms, molecules, and subatomic particles.

Is a compression in which the temperature of a gas remains constant.

The capacity for floating.

a filter element intended to be discarded and replaced after one service cycle.

The metal axle of a block upon which the sheave revolves.

The pressure encountered on the return side of a system.