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.

Is the ratio of the polytropic compression energy transferred to the gas to the actual energy transferred to the gas.

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

Location where shipment begins its movement.

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

A line drawn to indicate both the direction and magnitude of a force, such as leeway or a current.

Time and date for payment of a draft.

The U.S. government does not issue certificates of free sale. However, the Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, will issue, upon request, a letter of comment to the U.S. manufacturers whose products are subject to the Federal Food, Drug ...

Board, bearing instructions, that comes to a wrecked ship with a life-saving rocket line.

Tan work shoes issued to U.S. Maritime Service trainees

(1) A nautical instrument, on the arc of which is a finely graduated scale showing degrees and minutes, with adjustable reflectors, etc.; used to find the altitude of heavenly bodies, angular distances, etc. (2) On a steering gear, the rudder quadrant is ...

A wearable device used to keep a person afloat. Also called a life jacket, life preserver, PFD or personal floatation device.

The part of the upper deck which is abaft the mainmast, or in that general location of a ship without one. The quarterdeck was normally reserved for officers.

Additional thickness of planking on a wooden ship about her waterline to give the vessel more stability.

A pipe lead-in for anchor chain through ship's bow.

Structural pieces running fore and aft between the beams.

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

Said of wind when exactly ahead; and of another vessel when her fore and aft line coincides with observer's line of sight.

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 inside center strand of rope.