A wind coming from the southwest

A standard numerical code used by the U.S. Government to classify products and services.

Goods from a captured ship which was permitted to be distributed among the captors at once.

Said of a wind when it is light and variable in direction, not blowing steadily from any direction.

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

To spill the sails is to take the wind out of the sails, either by heading up into the wind, or by easing the sheets to the point where the sails can hold no wind.

Under U.S. tax law, a corporation created to obtain tax exemption on part of the earnings of U.S. products in foreign markets. Must be set-up as a foreign corporation with an office outside the USA.

Snappy, seamanlike; a smart ship is an efficient one.

An unhandy seaman.

See "Overland Common Points."

Circular metallic elements that ride in the grooves of a piston and provide compression sealing during combustion. Also used to spread oil for lubrication.

Surface which forms a shore-based interface with ships.

To lift or raise, such as a sail or a flag.

Shipped under a rate that includes costs of delivery to and the loading onto a carrier at a specified point.

The forward part of a boat's main deck.

- A hitch used for bending a line to a spar, which if tied properly, won't slip. The end of the line is passed around the spar and then passed a second time around so it rides over the standing part. Then it is carried across and up through the bight.

Has to do with the properties of air-water vapor mixtures in the atmosphere.

A ship builder, or one who works about a ship. Does wood carpentry on the ship and keeps ships faired. Builds launching ways and launches ship.

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

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.