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

A point located en route between two other points.

An inland point provided by an all water carrier's through bill of lading in the U.S. by first discharging the container in an East Coast port.

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

Deck supported by pillars, fastened to pontoons. The pontoons are half submerged during operations. Kept in position by anchors (or by dynamic positioning). Normally equipped with its own propulsion machinery.

The leaning of a boat to the side because of excess weight on that side; inclination of a boat due to excess weight on one side or the other.

A negatively charged ion.

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

The alternating motion of a boat, leaning alternately to port and starboard; the motion of a boat about its fore-and-aft axis.

To lash up.

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

An emergency signal flare that will float down on a parachute after launch, hopefully improving its visibility.

(1) A line by which the end of a spar is hoisted or lowered. (2) A line that holds up the boom when it is not being used. (3) A line from the upper mast which controls the height of the spinnaker pole.

A ring used to attach certain bellow type flexible members of an air actuators to the mounting surface.

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

The amount of work done on or by a system is equal to the amount of energy transferred to or from the system.

The outer layer on a coalescing filter that prevents separated liquids from re-entering the air stream. Also known as anti re-entrainment barrier.

Government officials responsible for regulating goods, services and supplies into a country.

A short spar projecting over the stern of a sailing vessel to sheet the mizzen sail when the mizzen-mast is so far aft that there's not enough room inboard to bring down the sheet and trim the sail. Also, a short spar extending from the stemhead in place ...

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