Method of payment for goods in which documents transferring title are given the buyer upon payment of cash to an intermediary acting for the seller, usually a commission house.

A light sail, such as a spinnaker, used to make the most of light following winds.

Filter rating indicating the approximate particle size for which the majority will not pass through a given filter. It is generally interpreted as meaning that 85% of the particles of size equal to the nominal filter rating will be retained by the filter.

A card marked in degrees and having sightings on it that is used to take bearings relative to the ship, rather than magnetic bearings as taken with a compass.

To repeat an order for information to the crew.

A shore that wind blows onto; it is best to stay well off a lee shore in a storm

A compressor belonging to the group of displacement reciprocating compressors.

Method of producing a chart in which the parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude intersect each other at right angles.

Nautical equivalent of ceiling

A crack or hole that accidentally admits a gas or lets it escape.

A publication setting forth the charges, rates and rules of transportation companies.

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

A labyrinth type filter having the active surfaces continuously splashed with oil. Most pollutants are absorbed by the oil which when circulated releases its pollutants, which sink by gravity to the bottom of the oil pan.

Sundays, holidays excluded

The height of the decks, below decks.

Seaman's scornful name for any lead of a rope by which effort is lost or wasted.

Fine separated particles floating in the air and clouding it. A substance in the gaseous state.

A plot of expected operating characteristics (e.g.., discharge pressure versus inlet capacity, shaft horsepower versus inlet capacity).

Completely filled with water.

(1) To bind a line with marline, cord, twine, wire, or other "small stuff" to prevent accidental opening or unraveling (2) To freeze up, as a valve.