Ice pack whose limits cannot be seen from ship.

Stout line or cable fore and aft around the deck of the boat to keep crew from falling overboard.

A canvas cover secured over a funnel when not in use. Sailor's headwear, woolen type, capable of covering the ears in cold weather.

Owners or operators of vessels providing transportation to shippers. The term is also used to refer to the vessels.

A mechanical cleat used to hold a line automatically. It uses two spring loaded cams that come together to clamp their teeth on the line, which is place between them.

A stream of vapor, gas or liquid coming out fast from a narrow orifice.

A locker big enough to hang clothes.

On square-rigged ships, the blocks attached to those yards on which studdingsails were set.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed by the mechanical action of rotating vanes or impellers imparting velocity and pressure to the flowing medium. (Raise the pressure of the air by converting the energy from the velocity of the air to pressure.)

Small staysail located between the foremast and mainmast.

A keel that is narrow and deeper than a full keel.

The sovereign power to take property for a necessary public use, with reasonable compensation.

Thin strips of wood put around the hatches, to keep the tarpaulin down. Also put upon rigging to keep it from chafing. A large batten widened at the end, and put upon rigging, is called a scotchman.

Atmospheric pressure as measured by a barometer.

Abbreviation for "With Particular Average."

A thousand.

Valve of a pump box; to prime a pump.

The merchant ships on the official registers of any nation.

Small trading vessel also used for exploration. Three-masted, being square-rigged on the two forward masts, and having a lateen rigged mizzen mast. Christopher Colmbus' small squadron, the Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina, were all Caravels, as were Magellan' ...

A small crane that projects over the side of the boat to raise or lower objects (such as smaller boats) from or to the water.