A measuring tool used to check air pressure at the tool by inserting a hypodermic needle into the rubber hose.

Old sailing ship term for taking a nap.

Is the ratio in absolute units of the actual gas temperature to the critical temperature.

Cargo ship of 14.800 tonnes deadweight.

A kind of navigational buoy

A mooring buoy or spar. A group of piles driven close together and bound with wire cables into a single structure.

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 straight or curved line of the deck line; curvature of the lines of a vessel toward the bow and stern.

Disciplinary code in which maritime crimes and punishments are specified.

Marks of identification.

To install the sails on the boom or the forestay.

A pulpit located on the stern.

A device designed to remove solids, such as dirt, scale, rust and other contaminants from the air system.

Rank intermediate between officer and rating, and in charge of ratings; more or less equivalent to the rank of sergeant.

The process of checking the accuracy of and adjusting the ship's magnetic compass.

A structure which extends outboard beyond the edge of the hull for some special purpose. Some Polynesian canoes use outriggers to support an "ama" or small secondary hull, while fishing boats may use outriggers to suspend lines or nets over the water. ...

To reeve and secure a line.

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

To sail a boat closer to the wind - to steer closer to the wind, usually by pulling in on the sheets

Same as not under command.