To go aboard the vessel; to put onboard a vessel.

The course of a vessel after magnetic variation has been considered, but without compensation for magnetic deviation.

An absolute temperature scale. ((

Condition of a sailing ship when all sails have been taken down in a severe storm, very often a hazardous undertaking if there is a high sea running.

Rolling a vessel, that is slightly ice-bound, so as to break the surface ice around her. May sometimes be done when a vessel is lightly aground, but not ice-bound.

Said of an object that is secured to another; attached, fixed, secured.

A projecting aperture at the end of a tube, pipe etc. serving as an outlet for compressed air. Reduces the demand on the compressor by generating the highest thrust and volume for the lowest possible air consumption.

To untie.

A support fixed on the front part of a chassis (which is retractable); used to support the front end of a chassis when the tractor has been removed.

U.S. Customs' automated program under AMS. It allows for electronic reporting of inbound (foreign) cargoes in the U.S.

The toal temperature at the intake flange of the compressor.

Six feet. Comes from the Dutch word "fadom" which was the distance between fingertips of outstretched hands.A unit of measurement relating to the depth of water or to the length of line or cable; one fathom is 6 feet or 1.83 meters

A fabric bag through which a gas stream is passed for the removal of particulate matter.

A term used to describe the hot gas pressure on the outlet side of the refrigeration compression.

A line led to a sail, but is not currently in use. The line currently in use is known as the working sheet. Usually the working and lazy sheets change when the boat is tacked.

A sailor's trunk; the intake between the ship's side and a sea valve.

Is used in psychrometry and is the temperature recorded by a thermometer whose bulb has been covered with a wetted wick and whirled on a sling psychrometer. Taken with the dry bulb, it permits determination of relative humidity of the atmosphere.

The windward side (from where the wind is blowing).

The operation of taking a sounding with the hand lead (to find bottom).