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

See Insurance, Particular Average.

A device designed to remove solids, such as dirt, scale, rust and other contaminants from the air system.

Strop inserted between two hawsers, and weaker than the hawsers, so that strop, and not hawsers, will part with any excessive strain.

To reeve and secure a line.

To reeve and secure a stopper (hold a strain on a line while transferring it).

Relay to all others in order (a signal repeated from one ship to the next astern in column).

To repeat an order for information to the crew.

The waters adjacent to a country over which it claims jurisdiction. also, Territorial Waters.

A hand held pneumatic tool. Designed for light demolition work, digging, making holes etc.

To fill the seams of a vessel with pitch.

(1) Said of ship's head when it moves away from wind, especially when tacking. (2) To discharge a crew and close Articles of Agreement of a merchant ship.

To turn the bow away from the wind; to pay the crew.

To ease out or slacken a line, chain or cable or let it run in a controlled manner.

To slack out a line made fast on board (let it out slowly).

A party named in an instrument as the beneficiary of the funds. Under letters of credit, the payee is either the drawer of the draft or a bank.

A party responsible for the payment as evidenced by the given instrument. Under letters of credit, the payer is the party on whom the draft is drawn, usually the drawee bank.

A rope attached to the clew of the foresail and rove through a block on the swinging boom. Used for guying the clews out when before the wind.

Pressure dew point temperature (

Columnar support for the steering wheel in the cockpit.