Secretly, to remove spirit from a keg or cask by making a small hole and sucking through a straw. also called Suck the Monkey

A bearing 180

A nickname referring to British seamen. All British ships were to carry a supply of lime juice for issue to the crew as a preventative against scurvy.

The volume of a substance passing a point per unit time (e.g., meters per second, gallons per hour, etc.).

Amount of unused space in a ship or a hold by virtue of the irregular shape of the cargo.

Any point of sailing away from the wind.

A joint Bureau of the Census' International Trade Administration form used for compiling U.S. exports. It is completed by a shipper and shows the value, weight, destination, etc., of export shipments as well as Schedule B commodity code.

The ratio of clearance volume to the volume swept by the compressing element.

Vessel said to be "on her beam ends" when she is lying over so much that her deck beams are nearly vertical.

Merchant seaman's name for his bed or mattress.

An aid to taking as astronomical sight with a sextant when the sea horizon is obscured through haze, fog, or darkness.

A sailor's carving or etching on bones, teeth, tusks or shells.

A method of payment for goods in which the buyer pays the seller in advance of the shipment of goods. Usually employed when the goods, such as specialized machinery, are built to order.

A vessel's position determined by observation and navigational data.

A hoisting apparatus consisting of a block and tackle rigged at the end of a beam.

A published rate that is never assessed because no freight moves under it.

Said of a man who goes to sea as a rating compared with officers, and lives forward. Forward of a mast.

A knot used to temporarily shorten a line.

The black line parallel with ship's keel marked on the inner surface of the bowl of a compass, indicating the compass direction of the ship's head.

Is one that does not enter into known chemical combination, either with itself or another element. There are four known gases of this type: helium; neon; argon and krypton. or a gas that does not supply any of the needs of combustion.