Canvas or wood seat attached a halyard to raise and lower someone to work on the mast

A test applied to the first machine of anew design.

A load sufficient in size to fill a container either by cubic measurement or by weight.

Nautical slang for the engineroom crew. Included the chief engineer, who ran the engine and supervised; oilers and wipers, who lubricated and maintained the engine; and firemen and coal-passers, who fed the steam boilers.

A purchase (block and tackle) for hoisting a boat to its davits.

The qualified operating pressure which is recommended for a component or a system by the manufacturer.

Small birds that foretell bad weather and bad luck.

A device that achieves very high temperatures by the use of reflectors to focus and concentrate sunlight onto a small receiver.

A stationary passage surrounding an impeller, in which velocity pressure imparted to the flow medium by the impeller is converted into static pressure.

Hinged covers for freeing ports.

A weather prediction.

An unhandy seaman.

A B/L wherein the paying customer has contracted with the carrier that shipper or consignee information is not given.

Response to an offer which varies the terms or conditions of that offer.

See Door-to-Door.

An able-bodied seamen entrusted with the steering of a vessel when entering or leaving a harbor. He is also involved with the use and upkeep of navigational equipment.

A US government-owned corporation established in 1933 to support prices through purchases of excess.

The simultaneous purchase of a stock, the purchase of a put, and the sale of a call, creating a.

A small wooden box, with lock and key, in which seamen keep sentimental valuables, stationery, and sundry small stores.