Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Distribution pressure (headers).

Filled with water but afloat.

The first plank on the outer hull of a wooden vessel next to the keel. In steel ships, the plating next to the keel, or what is known as strake A.

A solid absorption agent used in deliquescent type dryers.

Lift anchor off the bottom.

Gossip, usually about other people or events. The term scuttlebutt evolved from the name of a keg containing water and alcohol that sailors used to gather about before meals.

Sailor's phrase for a seaman who has died.

A document, issued by a bank per instructions by a buyer of goods, authorizing the seller to draw a specified sum of money under specified terms, usually the receipt by the bank of certain documents within a given time. Some of the specific descriptions a ...

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

Change from a run to a reach

The names of battles or individual ship actions in which a warship has taken part, usually displayed in a prominent place on a ship as a source of pride in her name. Known as Battle Stars in the U.S. Navy.

To turn the boat head-to-wind so as to go about on the opposite tack

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

A charted feature or chosen position on a chart

When the sheer curves down towards the bow and stern.

Cargo moving under Customs control where duty has not yet been paid.

Sailing other than close; hauled or into the wind (wind astern).

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

Is one in which the space occupied by the mixture is saturated with water vapor at the mixture temperature.

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.