To back an anchor, is to carry out a smaller one ahead of the one by which the vessel rides, to take off some of the strain. To back a sail, is throw it aback. To back and fill, is alternately to back and fill the sails.

Resistance to air flow; usually stated in inches H2O or PSI.

Quality Coordinator.

A measurement. Outside diameter.

A gentle breeze; the slightest movement of air.

International Association of Maritime Institutes

Society of Automotive Engineers.

Receipt made by Chief Officer, stating the quantity and condition of goods loaded.

Eastern Weighing and Inspection Bureau.

Auxiliary Crane Ship

Revenue per day

The combination of a life assurance policy and an annuity on the same life the purpose of which.

The angle between the zenith and a heavenly body.

A cabinet bid, which is a facility enabling holders of deep out-of-the-money options to close their.

International Association of Institutes of Navigation

A spar from which a square sail is hung. A long spar, tapered at the ends, attached at its middle to a mast and running athwartships at right angles to the mast; used to support the top of a square sail. The yard can pivot (be braced) around the mast. At ...

A severe naval punishment for serious offenses in which the victim was hauled from one yardarm to the other under the keel of the ship. The victim rarely survived; he would either be cut to ribbons by the shellfish on the ship's bottom or drown.

A recording hair hygrometer.

System to Automate and Integrate Logistics.

Brokerage house administrative operations that support the trading of stocks and other securities..