Resistance to air flow; usually stated in inches H2O or PSI.

Eastern Weighing and Inspection Bureau.

A gentle breeze; the slightest movement of air.

To back an anchor, is to carry out a smaller one ahead of the one by which the vessel rides, to take off some of the strain. To back a sail, is throw it aback. To back and fill, is alternately to back and fill the sails.

Receipt made by Chief Officer, stating the quantity and condition of goods loaded.

Abbreviation for "Independent Action." The right of a conference member to publish a rate of tariff rule that departs from the Agreement's common rate or rule.

Society of Automotive Engineers.

The angle between the zenith and a heavenly body.

A spar from which a square sail is hung. A long spar, tapered at the ends, attached at its middle to a mast and running athwartships at right angles to the mast; used to support the top of a square sail. The yard can pivot (be braced) around the mast. At ...

A measurement. Outside diameter.

Revenue per day

Used to indicated times measured in Coordinated Universal Time, a successor to Greenwich Mean Time. A time standard that is not affected by time zones or seasons.

The Quebec pennant is flown when first entering a country, indicating that the people on the ship are healthy and that the vessel wants permission to visit the country. The flag means "My vessel is healthy and I request free pratique.

A severe naval punishment for serious offenses in which the victim was hauled from one yardarm to the other under the keel of the ship. The victim rarely survived; he would either be cut to ribbons by the shellfish on the ship's bottom or drown.

Secondary forestay supporting the leading edge of the mast and used to flatten the mainsail in building winds.

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Abbreviation for "Doing Business As." A legal term for conducting business under a registered name.

Kilowatt - A unit of power equal to 1,000 watts.

An area of water totally or partially enclosed by coral islands, atolls, and reefs.

an antiwear additive found in many types of hydraulic and lubricating fluids. Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.