Merchant Navy nickname for seaman whose turn of duty it is to keep the mess clean.

An assigned area in which containers are prepared for loading into a vessel, train, truck, or airplane or are stacked immediately after discharge from the vessel, train, truck, or airplane.

A person or company owing money to another person or company. A company is therefore owed money by.

A temporary injunction against ships or cargo to prevent their arrival or departure in time of war.2. Order to restrict the hauling of freight.

Reporting System

To haul in.

A rainbow formed by light rays which have been reflected from an extended water surface. Not to be confused with a reflected rainbow whose image may be seen in a still body of water. The center of a reflection rainbow is at the same elevation as the sun b ...

The ability to send or wheel electric power to a customer over a transmission and distribution system that is not owned by the generator (seller) of the power.

The process of using heat that is rejected in one part of a cycle for another function or in another part of the cycle.

Life insurance in which the death benefit decreases over the term of the policy although the.

A unit of power equal to 1,000 watts.

A large sail that is a cross between a spinnaker and a genoa. Hoisted without a pole, the tack is attached at the bottom of the headstay.

A lamp where the light beam is focused 2 inches ahead of the lamp reducing the amount of light trapped in the fixture.

A docking line going at approximately a right angle from the boat to the dock, preventing movement away from the dock.

An ornamental carved and painted figure on the stem of the vessel.

A device that produces mechanical energy directly from two heat reservoirs of different temperatures. A machine that converts thermal energy to mechanical energy, such as a steam engine or turbine.

Is the weight of a given volume of gas, usually expressed in lb / cu ft at SPT condition.

See: 'cancellation.

A set of regulations set down by the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board to govern the operational control of aircraft on instrument flight. The abbreviation of this term is seldom used to denote the rules themselves, but is in popular use to describe the weathe ...

Two or more people owning property. In the event of the death of one of the tenants, the property.