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

A strong tropical revolving storm of force 12 or higher. In the northern hemisphere hurricanes revolve in a clockwise direction. In the southern hemisphere these storms revolve counterclockwise and are known as typhoons.

A horseshoe-shaped or circular reef of coral surrounding a lagoon.

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

The riding lights required to be carried by vessels at anchor.

The top of a wave.

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

It is the weight of the column of air existing above the earths surface at 45

Method of securing a line around a spar by taking the standing part around the spar, then a half hitch around itself and the end tucked three or four times around its own part.

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

A large heavy knot usually made in the end of a heaving line to aid in accurate throwing.

Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the foretopmast stays through.

Money paid by shipper to Master of ship for diligence in care of cargo. Not now paid to Master, but added to freight. Amount was usually about 1% of freight.

Anchor cable is caught around the fluke or an object is caught around the anchor .

A form of steam engine where a piston moves back and forth inside a cylinder, transmitting its motion to a driving shaft by a connecting rod and crank.

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

Where the water and sky or ground and sky appear to intersect.

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

A label required on shipments of flammable articles.

A device which operates compressors in sequence according to a programmed schedule.