Any person not a common carrier who, under special and individual contracts or agreements, transports passengers or property for compensation.

The hull without the outside and inside plating.

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

Freight moving under a bond to U.S. Customs or to the Internal Revenue Service, and to be delivered only under stated conditions.

A representation on a plane surface of the spherical surface of the earth. The equivalent of a map for use by navigators.

Type of bulk carrier built for the carriage of coal.

States that the volume of a gas, at constant pressure, varies directly with the absolute temperature.

A cooling water supply system. There are two different types - Open and closed loop systems.

(1) A stock of merchandise advanced to a dealer and located at his place of business, but with title remaining in the source of supply.(2) A shipment of goods to a consignee.

A type of radio carried on a boat to transmit long distances.

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

To obtain his reaction to something.

Slacking a rope smartly, carefully and in small amounts.

A card labeling the 360

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

The maximum cylinder volume on a working side of the piston, minus the piston displacement volume per stroke. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the displace volume.

The ratio of fuel consumption to compressor capacity.

A region of relatively shallow water surrounding a land mass where the depth increases gradually before it plunges into the deeps of the ocean.

Watertight housing for the centerboard.

To call out.