Short period oscillation in level of enclosed, or partly enclosed, area of water when not due to the action of tide-raising forces.

Vertical distance from the keel to the uppermost deck, taken inside the ship/s plating.

Said of the anchor when just clear of the bottom (leaving or moving).

To reeve and secure a line.

A pulpit located on the stern.

A command to stop or cease immediately what one is doing.

Cubic capacity in 'grain"

A receptacle, open to atmosphere, that is used to used to collect condensate. For example, two or three drain pipes from various filters may be discharging into a funnel. In this case the funnel is a tundish.

The strokes on the ship's bell to mark the passage of time. The passage of time in each watch is marked by the bell every half-hour.

To install the sails on the boom or the forestay.

For ships, a cargo handling area parallel to the shoreline where a vessel normally ties up.- For land transportation, a loading or unloading platform at an industrial location or carrier terminal.

Any raised portion of a vessel/s hull above an upermost continuous deck such as a poop, bridge or forecastle and extending from side to side of the vessel.

On ships, the stern and stem are marked in feet to show the draft or depth of the vessel.

The curve (sag) of a rope, cable or chain hung between two points such as the anchor rode or towing line; the deeper the curve, the more catenary.

Setting rate within a conference tariff that is different from the rate(s) for the same items established by other conference members.

A measure of weight ashore and a measure of capacity on a vessel.

A right claim against the guarantors of a loan or draft or bill of exchange.

Marks of identification.

To make a rope fast by turns round a pin or coil, without hitching or seizing it.

Provision in a salvage agreement that money is not payable unless the property is salved in accordance with that accordance.