A device to record temperature in a container while cargo is en route.

Ice extending seaward from land to which it is attached.

Carefully (watch what you're doing).

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

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

To haul in.

To wrap a small line around another.

imposes a 50-percent tariff on maintenance and repair work done on U.S.-flag vessels in foreign shipyards. Also, U.S.-flag vessels must either be built in the United States or have been a U.S.-flag vessel for at least 3 years to be eligible to carry prefe ...

A sliding fitting that attaches to a track allowing for the adjustment of blocks or other devices attached to the car.

Sailing close hauled. Sailing toward the wind as much as possible with the wind coming from the bow.

The planning and implementation of strategies designed to encourage consumers to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, change the time of usage, or promote the use of different energy source.

A windlass or capstan drum.

Cloths hung on the lee side of a berth to keep one from rolling out of their bunk

Narrow triangular sail set on a long yard or spar, the forward end of which is hauled down so that it sets obliquely on the mast with a high peak.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed by the mechanical action of rotating vanes or impellers imparting velocity and pressure to the flowing medium. (Raise the pressure of the air by converting the energy from the velocity of the air to pressure.)

Abbreviation for "Government Bill of Lading."

To charge more than the proper amount according to the published rates.

A very strong sail used in stormy weather. It is loose footed, being attached to the mast, but not the boom. This helps prevent boarding waves from damaging the sail or the rigging.

A type of schooner without a bowsprit.

An absolute temperature scale. ((