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

The extension of an air actuator beyond its design height.

Wooden bar with an iron shod, wedge, Shaped end, used in prying the anchor or working the anchor or working the anchor chain. Also used to engage or disengage the wild-cat.

(1) A second method of propelling a vessel. On a sailboat this would be the engine. (2) Machinery fitted in steam and motor vessels which is not part of the main propelling machinery. (3) a support group, e.g., Coast Guard Auxiliary

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

Abbreviation for "Trailer on Flat Car." The movement of a highway trailer on a railroad flatcar. Also known as Piggyback.

Disciplinary code in which maritime crimes and punishments are specified.

Marks of identification.

Cargo ship of 14.800 tonnes deadweight.

Overboard and by the ship's side.

A ship designed to carry either ore or oil in bulk.

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

Cubic capacity in 'grain"

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.

Reduce dew point by passing compressed air through a bundle of hollow membrane fibers; water vapor and a portion of the compressed air then permeate the membrane walls and vent to atmosphere

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

Old sailing ship term for taking a nap.

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

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

Dioctylphalate aerosol (Efficiency Test Material).