Group of ships escorted along a stretch of water.

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

Seaman's name for the excitement on board as the ship approachs her destination, giving the crew some liberty ashore.

Shapes such as angle bars or stringers welded to a surface such as a plated bulkhead to increase rigidity.

A valve that controls the flow in air lines.

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

This property of a gas is the weight of air or gas per unit volume. Unless specified, it refers in compressor practice to the weight per unit volume at conditions of total temperature, total pressure and composition which prevail at the compressor intake.

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

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.

Another term for first mate.

A factor expressing the deviation of gas from the laws of hydraulics.

To call out.

The shaft input per unit of compressor capacity.

As close to the wind as possible, with all sails full, and no wrinkles in them.

The hull without the outside and inside plating.

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

A sail attached to the forestay as opposed to a jib which is attached to the headstay.

An extension of the keel for protection of propeller and rudder.

A short length of small rope "ratline stuff" running horizontally across shrouds, for a ladder step.