Loose ends of line left hanging over a ship's side.

A small storm jib made of very heavy cloth.

A strong pair of iron, steel or wooden posts on a ship's deck, around which ropes or cables are wound and held fast.

A conduit for disposing of refuse-especially that the ship/s galley.

The tendency in a boat to keep an upright position or to return to it when careened over.

(EPB)The benefit which an employer must give an employee who was contracted out of the old graduated.

Stress-corrosion cracking in which the cracking occurs along grain boundaries.

The most common of the principal rainbow phenomena, which appears as an arc of about 42

A paint applied to the boat's bottom below the waterline which contains "poisons", such as copper, to inhibit the growth of marine life such as weeds or barnacles.

The ratio of available energy per pound; usually used to compare storage batteries.

The relative extent that energy is required for a process.

This property is the ratio of the specific weight of air or gas to that of dry air at the same pressure and temperature.

Interest, dividend or other income payments received regularly from an investment.

(EFTA) An association of countries (originally comprising Denmark, United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland,.

A platform and protective coaming setting high up on a mast, to accommodate the look-out aloft while the ship is at sea.

The type of bottom that the anchor is set in.

Is the temperature at the inlet flange of the compressor.

The act of breaking out the flukes of an anchor if they are caught on some obstruction, preventing it from being normally weighed.

The material through which electricity is transmitted, such as an electrical wire, or transmission or distribution line.

In the US, assets owned by a company but undervalued on the balance sheet and accordingly not.