A permanent loop spliced in the end of a line, sometimes around a thimble.

Metal bolts with an eye in the end.

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Food and Drug Administration.

See "Free of Particular Average."

A factor is an agent who will, at a discount (usually five to 8% of the gross), buy receivables.

Free air delivery. Air at the atmospheric conditions of the site and unaffected by the compressor. Flow is measured at the discharge valve of the compressor, after the aftercooler, the water separator and built in check valve. Capacity and power consumpti ...

The tendency of the strands of a line to fray out at the ends.

(1) In good condition. (2) To adjust to proper shape or size.

Term applied to the direction of the wind when it is favorable to the course being steered.

Navigable channel.

A single turn of rope when a rope is coiled down.

To fake line back and forth on deck.

To change direction so as to point farther away from the wind. Also Bear Away, Bear Off or Head Down. The opposite of heading up.

Misrepresenting freight or weight on shipping documents.

An additional keel secured outside the main keel, usually as protection in the event of grounding.

Valve of a pump box; to prime a pump.

Overhanging part of a vessel's stern. The area of the upper deck of a ship that is nearest the stern.

After deck over counter. The part of a rounded stern which extends past the rearmost perpendicular.

Buoy at seaward end of channel leading from a port.