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Bound together.

Screw compressor development center. Licensor to 90% of twin screw compressor market.

A sailboat with its bow pointed directly into the wind, preventing the sails from filling properly and stopping the boat. It can be very difficult to get a boat that is in irons back under sail. also known as "In Stays".

Same as "grab rope" (rope).

A fixed navigation aid structure, visible during the day, used in shallow waters upon which is placed one or more daymarks.

The ability of a filter to remove specified test contaminants under specified test conditions from a specific test fluid, air, gas or liquid. Expressed as a percentage of the quantity of test contaminant introduced into the inlet of the filter test system

Old nickname for a second mate.

The strongest part of a vessel's side, to which the beams, knees, and foot-hooks are bolted. The part between the water's edge and the bulwarks.

Error that can be introduced when not reading an instrument, such as a compass, directly from its front, due to the separation of the indicator and the scale being read.

To change direction so as to point farther away from the wind. Also Bear Away, Bear Off or Head Down. The opposite of heading up.

To leak; take in water.

A unit of work, being the work done in one hour at the rate of 1,000 watts.

The officer on board responsible for the navigation of the ship.

An order given to take hold of a rope and pull.

Old three-masted trading vessel which was square-rigged on the fore and main masts, and lateen rigged on the mizzen mast. Similar to the Caravel, but larger and more robust.

Abbreviation for (1) "Interstate Commerce Commission," (2) "International Chamber of Commerce."

Same as 0.4535924277 kilograms.

A single inlet compressor with the impeller or impellers mounted on a shaft supported by two bearings in a pedestal, with the driver coupled to the compressor shaft.

Light lines from the topping lift to the boom, forming a cradle into which the mainsail may be lowered.