Location where shipment begins its movement.

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

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

Arrival at land

A ported or closed cover for the end of a filter element.

An act of Congress (1903) prohibiting rebates, concession, misbilling, etc. and providing specific penalties for such violations.

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

The top of a mast.

A container fitted with a means of forced air ventilation.

The stay that the jib is hoisted on. Usually the headstay.

Term applied to the direction of the wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.

The bearing of an object after magnetic variation has been considered, but without compensation for magnetic deviation.

Broadly, insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea. Marine insurance typically compensates the owner of merchandise for losses sustained from fire, shipwreck, etc., but excludes losses that can be recovered from the carrier.

The action of letting go the sheets of a sailing vessel, thus spilling the wind and reducing the forward motion of the boat.

The part of the rotating element of a dynamic compressor that imparts energy to the flowing medium by means of centrifugal force. It consists of a number of blades mounted so as to rotate with the shaft.

Secure hatches and loose objects both within the hull and on deck.

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

The inside center strand of rope.

A stationary vessel carrying a light used for navigation, serving the same purpose as a lighthouse.

Alternatively letting the sails draw, then spilling wind so as to keep a vessel more or less in one place until space is available, marking time.