Illegal passenger who hides himself on board a ship in order to gain free passage or to escape from a country.

A person illegally aboard and in hiding.

Standard pressure and temperature. See standard air.

Mobile truck equipment with the capacity for lifting a container within its own framework.

A non-negotiable bill of lading which states a specific identity to whom the goods should be delivered. See Bill of Lading.

Filtering device used to remove the solid debris from the cooling water.

A device used to separate air solids from the stream of air that might become a source of trouble. Adulterants caught in the strainer are blown out through an orifice fitted with a valve or plug. The strainer should be opened periodically for a thorough c ...

On wooden boats, a line of planking running from the bow to the stern along the hull.

A continuous planking or plating fitted out to and from stem to stern of a vessel's side.

A number of yarns, twisted together and which in turn may be twisted into rope; a rope is stranded when a strain is broken; rope may be designated by the number of strands composing. Rope is commonly three-stranded. A vessel run ashore is said to be stran ...

The running of a ship on shore on a beach.

A ring of rope made by splicing the ends, and used for slinging weights, holding the parts of a block together, etc. A rope, wire or iron binding, encircling a block and with a thimble seized into it for taking a hook.

Old sailing ship term for taking a nap.

On a square-rigged ship, the act of lowering a spar or yard to the deck.

A longitudinal stiffener for the side of a ship, made of angle bar, bulb angle channel or plates, etc. Depending upon their locations, stringers are known as bilge stringers, side stringers, hole stringers, etc.

Removing cargo from a container (devanning).

The difference between the maximum extended height and the compressed height of an air actuator.

That part of the total stroke which can be utilized repeatedly in actuator applications. It is measured starting at the compressed height and is the difference between the compressed height and the actuator height limit.

A light spar set fore and aft on a boat, serving as a spread for the boat cover.

Metal fitting attached to the hull that supports and aligns the aft portion of the propeller shaft.