A bolted rim used for attachment to another object.

(1) A navigator shoots the sun by using a sextant to measure its altitude. (2) A sailing vessel shoots when she forges ahead to windward with her sails luffing.

In spray painting applications, air trapped in a paint film caused by poor atomization during spraying.

To braid used with small stuff.

A bullying and tyrannical officer; he would drive his crew by brutality and the power of his fists.

Loose and broken ice in bays, or along exposed edges of floes.

A valve to control the flow of air in a certain direction.

Making a ship just as it is about to sail.

A measurement. Parts per million

Open ocean sailing

A large reinforced eye in the leech and clew of a sail that allows a line to fasten to it; e.g., the reef cringle and clew cringle.

Refers to the shape of a boat's (usually power boat) hull. A deep V hull is usually good at cutting through rough waves at high speeds.

On a square-rigged ship, the short pieces of line which hang from the yards and support the footropes on which the topmen stand while working aloft on the sails.

Contraction for "Shipper's Export Declaration."

A compressor belonging to the group of displacement rotary compressors, a type of valve less displacement machine. Also referred to as "Roots blower".

Said of a line that leads from its point of attachment towards the bow of the ship.

Wood boards used to cover the ribs, frames, deck or hull of a wooden vessel.

Document showing contents and loading sequence of a container.

Machines in which compression is effected by the positive action of rotating elements.

Still, seaworthy, able.