Stormy conditions, including rough, high seas and strong winds.

A valve with a faucet type handle used to restrict the flow of water in a line

A place suitable for anchoring in relation to the wind, seas and bottom.

After mast on a schooner or sailing ship carrying a spanker; usually the fourth mast of a five or six masted schooner.

Maximum allowable working pressure. This data is found on the pressure vessel nameplate and is the maximum pressure at which the lowest set safety valve must be set (stamped).

Some governments require certain commodities to be licensed prior to exportation or importation. Clauses attesting to compliance are often required on the B/L.- Various types issued for export (general, validated) and import as mandated by government(s).

A device for applying a fine spray by compressed air.

The ship's water closet (toilet or wash-room). The upper edge of a quadrilateral sail.

To leave a ship without authority (deserting).

This is a factor expressing deviation of a gas from perfect gas laws.

Oscillations of the sea caused by wind blowing along the surface and moving in the direction from which the wind blows.

Kilowatt hour - A unit of work, being the work done in one hour at the rate of 1,000 watts.

On the lee side of an object, protected from the wind.

A warning from aloft (heads up).

A solid wharf or structure built of stone along the edge of a harbor used for loading and offloading of cargo, and embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.

Is the pressure existing at a given temperature in a closed vessel containing a liquid and the vapor from that liquid after equilibrium conditions have been reached. It is dependent only on temperature and must be determined experimentally.

Clauses introduced by charterers based on shortage of delivered cargo because of increased oil prices.

The behavior of perfect gases, or mixtures thereof, follows a set of laws. Boyle' law, Charle's law, Amonton's law, Dalton's law, Amagat's law, Avogadro's law, Poisson's law.

Kilograms per square centimeter absolute.

To bring a sailing vessel head to the wind or as close to it as possible in high seas, maintaining a slight forward motion.