To ease out or slacken a line, chain or cable or let it run in a controlled manner.

A phrase with a nautical derivation, meaning a man under the influence of drink or unsteadiness through drink.

A fitting holding a boom or gaff to the mast.

A charge for services performed in connection with floating elevators.- Charges assessed for the handling of grain through grain elevators.

A double block where the two sheaves lie in a plane one below the other, rather than alongside each other.

Said of a vessel when she is shipping water on deck and it is running off through scuppers and freeing ports.

Openings in the bottom or transom of a boat to drain water when sailing.

Hoist or haul in the anchor.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Pressure at the point of use.

Tightly woven cloth used for sails, awnings, covers, dodgers and biminis; slang for sails.

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

Ice extending seaward from land to which it is attached.

The medium or material that does the actual filtering or separating. May be paper, wire mesh, special cellulose, inorganic plastic, or a combination.

To leave port.

A Customs document permitting the holder to temporarily carry or send merchandise into certain foreign countries (for display, demonstration or similar purposes) without paying duties or posting bonds. Any of various Customs documents required for crossin ...

To cause the land to sink below horizon by sailing away from it.

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.

Federal Communications Commission Rules governing radio equipment and operation in the United States.

A suspension of fine solid or liquid particles in a gas.

A short piece of rope secured in the bow of a small boat used for making her fast.