[meaning]

A length of line or thin rope; A line used to attach a sail to a spar.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Temperature at the compressor inlet flange.

A factor is an agent who will, at a discount (usually five to 8% of the gross), buy receivables.

Good order and readiness.

(Delivered Ex Ship) (...Named Port of Destination):A Term of Sale where the seller fulfills his/her obligation to deliver when the goods have been made available to the buyer on board the ship, uncleared for import at the named port of destination. The se ...

Protection and indemnity insurance

Fit and beautiful (describing a boat)

A mast that is stepped (placed) on the keel at the bottom of the boat rather than on the deck. Keel stepped masts are considered sturdier than deck stepped masts.

A small freshwater mollusk that was accidentally introduced to North American waters via ballast water from a transoceanic vessel. The zebra mussel has had significant negative economic and ecological effects: It clogs water intake pipes and attaches to a ...

Any little handy contraption such as a scraper or sailmaker's palm, etc.

[meaning]

A light triangular or quadrilateral sail set over a gaff.

A material made of tarred hemp or manila rope fibers, used for caulking seams of decks and sides of a wooden ship in order to make them watertight.

an antiwear additive found in many types of hydraulic and lubricating fluids. Zinc dialkyldithiophosphate.

Eastern Central Motor Carriers Association.

UK Hydrographic Office abbreviations kgkg

The extremities of a yard.

A hand held rock drill worked by compressed air.

The operation of temporarily holding two lines together by seizing.