Nautical slang for the spirit of the sea, usually in the form of a sea devil. Davy Jones's Locker is the bottom of the sea, the final resting place of sunken ships, articles lost or thrown overboard, and of men buried at sea.

The top of a mast.

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

A container fitted with a means of forced air ventilation.

Mesh is the number of openings in a square inch of screen or sieve. It is equal to the square of the number of strands of metal or plastic screening per lineal inch. Standard US mesh screen # 16 equates to a 1.19 millimeter particle diameter, mesh size #4 ...

After or trailing edge of a sail; the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail and the outer edges of a square sail.

The ring bolted to the upper end of the shank of an anchor and to which the bending shackle secures.

A wind coming from the east.

Finite Element Analysis.

Use of individual carrier/rail equipment through a central agency for the benefit of carriers and shippers.

The natural tendency of a sailboat to come up into the wind. The helm must be held over to keep the boat from coming up

Packages loaded on a pallet, in a crate or any other way that enables them to be handled at one time as a unit.

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

Boat carried at davits on quarter of ship, and kept ready for immediate use when at sea.

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.

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.

Recapitulation of the terms and conditions agreed

Abbreviation for "Origin Rail Freight Station." Same as CFS at origin except an ORFS is operated by the rail carrier participating in the shipment.

(1) The rolled up part of a sail, tied with the reef lines, that is used to reduce sail area for heavy winds; To reduce the sail area. (2) A group of rocks or coral generally at a depth shallow enough to present a hazard to navigation.

An air flow caused by a fan that draws air through the heat exchanger core in a uniform pattern to dissipate the sensible heat.