Trading With the Enemy Act

A rail around the mast or on the bulwarks with holes for belaying pins to which lines or halyards are attached.

A corporation, person, agency, authority or other legal entity that owns and/or operates facilities for the generation, transmission, distribution or sale of electricity primarily for use by the public.

A large, swelling wave. To surge a rope or cable, is to slack it up suddenly where it renders round a pin, or round the windlass or capstan.urge ho! The notice given when a cable is to be surged.

To be named or to be nominated. To Be Named. Brokerage and chartering, replaces the name of the ship when it is still unknown.

A configuration of an electrical circuit in which the positive lead is connected to the negative lead of another energy producing, conducting, or consuming device. The voltages of each device are additive, whereas the current is not.

Small particle on which water vapor condenses.

Abbreviation for "Electronic Data Interface." Generic term for transmission of transactional data between computer systems. EDI is typically via a batched transmission, usually conforming to consistent standards.

The transaction or interchange that occurs at the time a container is received by a rail terminal or water port from another carrier.

The official who is in charge of a harbor, enforcing all its applicable regulations.

A unit of volume. A US gallon has 231 cubic inches or 3,785 liters.

A topsail on the main mast.

At right angles to the centerline of the boat; rowboat seats are generally athwart ships.

The command given to inform the crew that the helm is being turned quickly to leeward, turning the boat windward

The probability distribution of random errors, typically a normal distribution with a zero mean.

Per Hatch Per Day

The slope (dE/di) at the corrosion potential of a potential (E)/current density (i) curve. Also used to describe the method of measuring corrosion rates using this slope.

National Centers for Environmental Prediction. Central computer and communications facility of the National Weather Service; located in Washington, DC.

Person given a passage in one of H.M. ships; usually on compassionate grounds.