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

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

ACRONYM - National Pipe Thread standard. A description of a specific pipe thread

The part on the object which is hauled upon.

Dining room facilities and kitchen for crew separate from the passenger dining room and kitchen.

Condition of a sailing ship when all sails have been taken down in a severe storm, very often a hazardous undertaking if there is a high sea running.

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 ...

Maintaining position over the ground when underway in a river or tidal stream.

An inspection cover or port in an air receiver tank.

A term used to describe the hot gas pressure on the outlet side of the refrigeration compression.

Recapitulation of the terms and conditions agreed

To haul in until the line has a strain upon it.

Atmospheric pressure as measured by a barometer.

Weight of the goods alone without any immediate wrappings, e.g., the weight of the contents of a tin can without the weight of the can.

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

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.

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

Is the property of a substance that gauges the potential or driving force for the flow of heat.

A type of clutch which has a spring loaded jaw or detented rolling element to control torque in an assembly tool.

Small boat carried on the vessel and used in case of emergency.