The number of degrees of list a vessel has. The first indication that a vessel may need to reef is when there is too great an angle of heel.

A restrictive tube used in a refrigeration system which restricts the flow of freon and allows pressure to build on one side and suction on the other. It is located between the condenser and the evaporator.

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

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

To make secure

A prisoner sold in the slave market. He was forced to serve in the war galleys, where he pulled on one of the oars.

The part of the rotating element of a dynamic compressor that imparts energy to the flowing medium by means of centrifugal force. It consists of a number of blades mounted so as to rotate with the shaft.

Pockets in a sail where battens can be placed to stiffen the sail.

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

To assemble passengers and/or crew.

A boat owner's private pennant.

Navy term meaning Officer of the deck.

In general, a person employed in a sea-going vessel. In some cases, applied to a seaman who works on deck.

The energy in foot pounds required to compress polytropically and to transfer one pound of a given gas from one pressure level to another.

The part of a rotating element that counteracts any inherent thrust developed by the impellers.

Nickname for a ship's cooper.

Recapitulation of the terms and conditions agreed

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

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

Magnetic variation. The difference, east or west, between magnetic north and true north, measured as an angle. Magnetic variation varies in different geographic locations.