General name for a broad, flat-bottomed boat used in transporting cargo between a vessel and the shore. The distinction between a lighter and a barge is more in the manner of use than in equipment. The term "lighter" refers to a short haul, generally in c ...

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

Percentage of freight payable to broker (by owners in c/p's) or applicable to sale or purchase.

A switching railroad operating within a commercial area.

To loose a rope is to let it go

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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.

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.

Successive shipments are permitted under letters of credit. Usually they must take place within a given period of time.

A deck crew member who is subordinate to the Able Bodied Seamen.

Jail

Tassels of unraveled line, yarns, etc. which are lashed around chafe spots such as spreaders to prevent chafe on sails.

Wooden swells on each side of the after end of a boom, having sheaves through which to lead the leech reefing pendants.

Weight of the earth's atmosphere over a unit area of the earth's surface, measured with a mercury barometer at sea level. which corresponds to the pressure required to lift a column of mercury 760 mm.

The wheel of the block over which the fall of the block is rove.

A shipwrecked sailor as compared with one who has been marooned or deliberately put ashore.

A vessel whose bow and stern have drooped. The opposite of sagged.

Is one that does not enter into known chemical combination, either with itself or another element. There are four known gases of this type: helium; neon; argon and krypton. or a gas that does not supply any of the needs of combustion.

Amount of unused space in a ship or a hold by virtue of the irregular shape of the cargo.