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

Time charter

See "Free of Particular Average."

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

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Amount of condensate collected in the intercooler.

General Average

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.

A pole with a blade at the end used to row a rowboat. Oars are different than paddles because they have a provision to be secured to the rowboat for rowing, such as an oarlock. The three parts to an oar are: the blade, the part which enters the water; the ...

A beam attached to the top of the floors to add strength to the keel on a wooden boat.

A large piece of fabric designed to be hoisted on the spars of a sailboat in such a manner as to catch the wind and propel the boat.

Blocks on which the keel of a vessel rests when being built, or when she is in dry dock.

Eastern Weighing and Inspection Bureau.

A look-out is stationed in a position to watch for danger ahead. To be on guard against sudden opposition or danger.

A measurement. Inside diameter.

Anything of Government Issue.

The motion of a vessel when she goes off from her course.

A navigational light which turns on and off in a regular pattern, but is on more than it is off, so the period of light is longer than the period of darkness.

The prefix placed before the name of a warship of the British Navy to indicate that she is Her (His) Majesty's ship.

South Africa (flag).

To keep the sails full and drawing