See Door-to-Door.

Cargo loaded into a container by the shipper under shipper's supervision. When the cargo is exported, it is unloaded at the foreign pier destination.

A ported enclosure which directs the flow of a gas through the filter element.

Lying nearly head to wind and stopped, and maintaining this position by trimming sail or working engines.

Person who assists in saving life or property from a vessel wrecked near the coast. Often applied to a small boat that lies in narrow waters ready to wait on a vessel, if required.

To keep close.

A worn out vessel.

Shell or body of a ship.

Said of a distant ship when her hull is below horizon and her masts and upper works are visible.

Said of a vessel when, due to its distance on the horizon, only the masts are visible.

The maximum speed a hull can achieve without planing - the fastest a keelboat will go, usually dependent on length of the hull at the waterline

(1) Floating, but at mercy of wind and sea. (2) Piercing the hull with a projectile. (3) Taking in sail during a calm.

The moisture content of air.

The relative humidity of a gas (or air) vapor mixture is the ratio of the partial pressure of the vapor to the vapor saturation pressure at the dry bulb temperature of the mixture.

The weight of water vapor in the air vapor mixture per pound of dry air.

The process of connecting a moving rail car with a motionless rail car within a rail classification yard in order to make up a train. The cars move by gravity from an incline or "hump" onto the appropriate track.

A strong tropical revolving storm of force 12 or higher. In the northern hemisphere hurricanes revolve in a clockwise direction. In the southern hemisphere these storms revolve counterclockwise and are known as typhoons.

Force of wind over 65 knots.

In spray painting applications, spray equipment which delivers material at a low pressure of no more than 10 PSI (at the air cap), however, with greater volume of air.

Chemicals containing carbon and hydrogen.