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Old name for bunting from which signal and other flags were made.

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A point located en route between two other points.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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A negatively charged ion.

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

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

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To lash up.

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

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

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(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.

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Is that pressure of either motive fluid or discharge at which an ejector returns to stable operation following a period of unstable operation due to having previously reached the breaking pressure. There are two recovery pressures, one for motive fluid an ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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