The natural tendency of a sailboat to come up into the wind. The helm must be held over to keep the boat from coming up

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

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

A sailboat with two masts. Generally, the shorter mizzen mast is aft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post, while a similar vessel, the yawl, has the mizzen mast aft of the rudder post. The mizzen mast of a ketch is larger than that of a yawl.

To fake line back and forth on deck.

A thousand.

Place where a ship should report when passing i.e. when approaching a port.

The general name for ropes, blocks and tackles, tools, etc. (things).

The position of a flag when lowered halfway down.

A float with a flag at the top of a pole. Used to mark a position such as for a mooring, a race or a man overboard.

A line attached to the boom to prevent it from accidentally gybing.

Category of bulk carrier 100.000-180.00DWT so called she is too large to pass Suez and Panama Canals.

Book in which is kept a reckoning of items of cargo received or discharged from a hatch or vessel.

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

To temporarily sew the ends of two ropes together for rendering through a block. Also to grip together parts of a fall to prevent running out. To marry strands to prepare for splicing.

An opening in a ship's side, provided with a glazed lid or cover for the admission of light.

A volume. Pounds per hour.

A flat tray, generally made of wood but occasionally of steel, on which goods particularly those in boxes, cartons or bags, can be stacked. Its purpose is to facilitate the movement of such goods, mainly by the use of forklift trucks.

Customs form permitting in bond cargo to be moved from one location to another under Customs control, within the same Customs district. Usually in motor carrier's possession while draying cargo.

To haul in.