The direction at right angles to a ship's heading or the line of her keel

A method of payment for goods in which cash is paid at the time of order and the transaction becomes binding on both buyer and seller.

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

The top of a wave.

Shipped under rate that includes cost from end of ship's tackle at load port to end of ship's tackle at discharge port.

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

(1) The edge where the deck joins the hull; top edge of bulwarks. (2) The railing around the deck.

To enter a port or harbor

A negatively charged ion.

Is a standardized method to determine the carbon formation characteristics of compressor lubricants.

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.

A pair of additional backstays temporarily rigged to provide extra support to the masts of square rigged vessels when sailing downwind.

A group of points to which rates are made the same as or in relation to rates to other points in group.

A line used for capsizing the sea anchor and hauling it in.

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

An illegal form of discounting or refunding that has the net effect of lowering the tariff price. See also Malpractice.

To reach the end; to bring one object hard up against another, as when two blocks in a block and tackle arrangement are brought together.

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

An important parameter in establishing an entrained particle's potential to impinge on control surfaces and cause erosion.

A small bag for carrying or stowing all personal articles.