Turning out all hands on board ship in the morning, or calling the watch for duty on deck.

See Door-to-Door.

A method of removing heat from the flowing medium by circulation of a coolant in passages built into the diaphragm.

Electrical measurement. The output of one or several electric machines. Load also denotes the power carried by a particular circuit.

A term used to describe the vessel which must yield in meeting, crossing, or overtaking situations.

The angle between the sun's apparent position in the sky and true south, as measured on a horizontal plane.

The major regulatory bank in a country, usually government controlled.

A banking term which refers to the branch which accepts cheques to be credited to its customers'.

Shortening of the old term "boatswain," an unlicensed member of the crew who supervises the work of the deck men under direction of the first mate.

British standard pipe tapered.

Moving belt which brings a continuous supply of buckets loaded with bulk commodities.

A bolt fitted with a ring through its eye, used for securing, running, rigging, etc.

A legal paper or license of a boat or its captain.

A navigable route on a waterway, usually marked by buoys. Channels are deep enough for ships or boats to navigate without running aground.

The highest temperature at which well-defined liquid and vapor states exist.

A development of the carrack, with the high forecastle eliminated.

Machines in which axial vanes slide radially in an eccentrically mounted rotor.

A rail service whereby rail cars carry containers stacked two high on specially operated unit trains. Each train includes up to 35 articulated multi-platform cars. Each car is comprised of 5 well-type platforms upon which containers can be stacked. No cha ...

Goods which have been prohibited from entering a belligerent state by the declaration of a blockade.

To take the opposite tack when sailing to windward with another yacht.