Lifting device attached to a crane.

A crossbeam at the upper part of an anchor.

Used in meteorology to describe a mass of cold air moving toward a mass of warm air. Strong winds and rain typically accompany a cold front.

A basin for receiving a vessel for repairs, capable of being pumped dry (to repair vessel and scrape marine growth from bottom).

An anchor carried at the stern.

A facility or enclosure in which air content and other conditions (such as temperature, humidity, and pressure) are controlled and maintained at a specific level by special facilities and operating processes and by trained personnel.

Free from living organisms and especially micro-organisms. Usually used in food and dairy applications.

Correct alignment of the optical parts of an instrument.

Registry of the vessel is foreign to that of the country in which the company that owns the ship is located.

Not in packages or containers; shipped loose in the hold of a ship without mark and count." Grain, coal and sulfur are usually bulk freight.

Abbreviation for:- Collect (cash) on Delivery.- Carried on Docket (pricing).

Beat to windward to avoid being driven onto a lee shore.

Removing waste from a holding tank.

A device for mounting cylinders.

An order to haul up.

The ratio of loaded miles to empty miles.

Is the ambient gas temperature as indicated by a standard thermometer.

Right Ascension of a celestial body is the arc of the equinoctial between Aries and the meridian of the object, always reckoning eastward from Aries.

39.37 inches (approximately).

Close alongside; very near; in close proximity to.