Any point of sailing away from the wind.

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.

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

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

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 vessel's position determined by observation and navigational data.

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

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

To enter a port or harbor

A gangway or gangplank. Used to cross from one ship to another, or from a ship to a pier.

A negatively charged ion.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The breaking-up of paint into fine particles or droplets by a paint gun using compressed air.

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

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.