Permanent pip iron ballast specially shaped and placed along each side of keelson. Name is sometimes given to any iron ballast.

A weight attached to a line used to determine depth by lowering it into the water.

A rope used for securing any movable object in place

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

Those frames of a ship's hull which are equal in area, one forward and one aft of the ship's center of gravity.

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

To untie.

Time and date for payment of a draft.

To prevent contact with an object while bringing the ship alongside.2. To push off when making a landing.

Official terminology for life jacket. When properly used a PFD will support a person in the water. Also called a life jacket, life preserver or life vest.

The increase in pressure in the discharge header that develops as a result of flow after the pressure relief device opens

A bulkhead that will not let water pass from one side of it to the other.

Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen.

A pin placed through the head of a rudder to prevent it from being lost.

Slang for getting married. A splice joins two lines together permanently.

Sixteenth-century term for a sea distance at which high land could be observed from a ship. Varied between 14 and 22 miles according to average atmospheric conditions in a given area.

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

A law of chemistry and physics: the rate of diffusion of one substance in another is proportional to the negative gradient of the concentration of the first substance.

Incapable of being mixed without separation phases. Water and petroleum oil are immiscible under most conditions, although they can be made miscible with the addition of an emulsifier.

Bulk Carrier or Motorcar Carrier