A logistical management system which integrates the sequence of activities from delivery of raw materials to the manufacturer through to delivery of the finished product to the customer into measurable components. "Just in Time" is a typical value-added e ...

A mop, formed of old rope, used for cleaning and drying decks.

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 number system used to describe wind forces and sea conditions from 0 for a flat calm to 12 for a hurricane

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

A small bag for carrying or stowing all personal articles.

A navigational aid that emits radio waves for navigational purposes. The radio beacon's position is known and the direction of the radio beacon can be determined by using a radio direction finder.

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

Merchant seaman's name for his bed or mattress.

A knot used to temporarily shorten a line.

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

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

Wide, a wide boat is a beamy boat

States that equal volumes of all gases under the same conditions of pressure and temperature contain the same number of molecules.

To the bow of the boat, forward of the beam.

Any point of sailing away from the wind.

Sailor's term for soot or ashes which sometimes fell into food while it was being cooked.

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.

Machines in which the compressing element is a piston having a reciprocating motion in a cylinder.