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A person who deals in the selling of provisions, dried stores, etc.

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

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A chemical element that is a heavy strong smelling greenish yellow imitating gas used as a bleach, oxidizing agent and disinfectant. Found in some ambient air conditions.

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

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(1) Free, not entangled (2) To finalize all formalities in a Customs House.

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

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A precursor to the sextant. An old navigational device for checking the altitude of the sun or stars.

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

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(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.

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

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A card labeling the 360

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

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Another term for first mate.

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Group of ships escorted along a stretch of water.

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

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To call out.

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A table designated as the area in the boat where the navigator will study charts and plot courses.

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An air operated device for hoisting or pulling. Similar to a winch

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The shaft input per unit of compressor capacity.

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An auxiliary volume that may be opened to the clearance space for increasing the clearance, usually temporarily, to reduce the volumetric efficiency of the compressor.

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