Mythical sea nymphs who charmed men with their melodious voices. Enchanted, the men would stop all work to listen and they would ultimately die of starvation because of their inability to sail any further.

A hand held pneumatic tool. Designed to chip masonry, plaster, concrete etc.

Type of bulk carrier built for the carriage of coal.

Slacking a rope smartly, carefully and in small amounts.

To obtain his reaction to something.

A stay from the stem of a boat to the end of the bowsprit used to counteract the upward pull of the forestay.

An agreement between parties that allows the efficient use and supply of containers. A common supply of containers available to the shipper as required.

A vessel of amy rig, mounting between 18 and 32 guns.

A four-sided fore-and-aft sail set on a sprit.

This term is used for turbo compressors and represents the maximum flow condition. It is sometimes also referred to as stonewalling.

The shaft input per unit of compressor capacity.

Watertight housing for the centerboard.

A card labeling the 360

Small hole bored in cask or barrel to allow air to enter when emptying.

The hull without the outside and inside plating.

Is a means of transferring heat through mass flow. Also the transfer of heat within a fluid by movements within the fluid.

One of the 4 cardinal compass points. South is the direction toward the South Pole and is at 180

Any paint gun which uses air flowing over an opening to create a vacuum to draw paint up a tube to be atomized.

An intermodal system for transporting containers by ocean and then by rail or motor to a port previously served as an allwater move (e.g., Hong Kong to New York over Seattle).

Group of ships escorted along a stretch of water.