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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.

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(1) To float a vessel off the ways in a building yard after it is completed. (2) A small boat used to ferry people to and from a larger vessel.

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The falling tide when the water recedes out to the sea and the water level lowers; a period or state of decline.

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Bar gauge (similar to the acronym "psig")

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

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A unit of electrical current or rate of flow of electrons through a conductor. One volt across one ohm of resistance causes a current flow of one ampere. One ampere is equal to 6.25 x 1018 electrons per second passing a set point in a circuit.

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

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Guarantee issued by a bank to a carrier to be used in lieu of lost or misplaced original negotiable bill of lading.

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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.

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OSD

Open Shelter Deck ship.

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Fittings on the mast to which the forestay and shrouds attach.

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Lay

(1) As a command, it means to go in the direction indicated, e.g., "Lay foward" (go up) or "Lay alow!" (come down). (2) Of a line or rope, it refers to the direction in which the strands are twisted. (3) Lay the course: able to fetch a given point when cl ...

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To repair, clean or paint the hull.

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(1) To lean over to one side, due to wind pressure on the sails or crew on the side; The amount that a boat is tipped over side-to-side, relative to its normal horizontal position. (2) The after end of a ship's keel. (3) The lower end of a mast.

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Sequence of letters and numbers, unique to each ship by which ships can be identified.

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A small portable compass.

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When compressed air is forced through a submerged perforated hose or pipe. Some applications include; ice prevention, reduction of salt intrusion, underwater basting, pneumatic breakwaters and general mixing and agitation

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A type of anchor with a heavy inverted mushroom shaped head. Mushroom anchors are used to anchor in mud and other soft ground.

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A day for general ship cleaning.

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Intimate mixture of oil and water, generally of a milky or cloudy appearance. Emulsions may be of two types: oil-in water (where water is the continuous phase) and water-in-oil (where water is the discontinuous phase).

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