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 top of a wave.

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

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

see Watch

Air cylinder

Sailor's name for a block of sandstone used for scrubbing the wooden decks of a ship; seamen had to get down on their knees to use them. Large holystones were known as "Bibles", while smaller blocks to reach awkward places were known as "Prayer Books" ...

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

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

A fitting around the propeller shaft to keep the bearing lubricated and to keep water out of the boat.

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

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

Old seafaring term meaning something very difficult or awkward. see Devil

The standard atmosphere is defined as the pressure exerted by a column of mercury 760 mm high with a density of 13,595 g/cm

One which blows across a boat's side

(1) The location from which a vessel is steered and its speed controlled; navigation and command center of the vessel. (2) A man made structure crossing a body of water.

The use of a sound barrier separating the sound from the receiver.

To approach something from upwind

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

The whole crew.