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

Sailors' term for an old ship that needed a lot of paint and repairs.

Cargo discharged in excess of the quantity on the manifest.

(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 ...

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

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

The length of the boat at the waterline.

Sailing with the tiller over to leeward by force of the wind

Abbreviation for "Not Otherwise Indexed."

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 ...

A container designed with openings in the side and/or end walls to permit the ingress of outside air when the doors are closed.

Said of a vessel when she is shipping water on deck and it is running off through scuppers and freeing ports.

A floating island of ice. Only one-ninth of the total mass of an iceberg is visible above water level.

A means of purifying an air stream by using both gravitational and centrifugal forces.

Hoisting the ensign at 8 a.m. and down at sunset.

Front of a container or trailer - opposite the tail.

A wedge-shaped piece of timber used to secure barrels against movement.

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.

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

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