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An order to cease (stop).

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As tight as can be pulled by hand.

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

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

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A small free-moving submersible designed for exploring the ocean depths.

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Metal strip and lead fastener used for locking freight car or truck doors. Seals are numbered for record purposes.

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Jet

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

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Capable of keeping out water.

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Arrival at land

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A short piece of rope secured in the bow of a small boat used for making her fast.

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Assault upon a seaman, by Master, while at sea.

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One of the large square openings in the deck of a ship through which freight is hoisted in or out, and access is had to the hold.

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

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

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To keep a weather eye is to be on the alert (heads up).

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

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The length of the boat at the waterline.

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A coupling pin centered on the front underside of a chassis; couples to the tractor.

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That part of a shaft or axle that rotates or angularly oscillates in or against a bearing or about which a bearing rotates or angularly oscillates.

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Front of a container or trailer - opposite the tail.

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