A single outlet or limited number of outlets in a building used to connect tools or equipment to the air system.

(COSRS)See 'pension.

Any rope or line.

On a square-rigged ship, a light weather sail set next above the royal in fair weather.

The risk inherent in holding shares, bonds or other securities whose fortunes are closely allied.

A set of radio, sound, and visual signals designed to aid in communications between vessels without language problems. It can be used with Morse Code, with signal pennants, and by spoken code letters.

A bend or hitch used to attach a line to a ring or spar so that by pulling the end of the line, the hitch will come free. This is done by passing a bight of the line under the other part so that when strain is applied the bight is jammed. A pull on the en ...

A free port in a country divorced from Customs authority but under government control. Merchandise, except that which is prohibited, may be stored in the zone without being subject to import duty regulations.

A stationary element between stages of a multistage centrifugal compressor. It may include guide vanes for directing the flowing medium to the impeller of the succeeding stage. in conjunction with an adjacent diaphragm, it forms the diffuser surrounding t ...

The operation of secretly bringing goods into a country to avoid paying duty on the goods. Also applies to illicit goods.

The wind direction indicator on the masthead.

Another term for a marine railway.

An organisation whose aim is to provide help for the needy. Trusts which are registered with the.

The location from which the boat is steered, usually in the middle or at the stern of the boat.

Ship Financing Revolving Fund

The process by which a mutual organisation such as a building society changes itself into a.

Liquidation of a company brought about by a court order, usually as the result of a petition by an.

The imaginary line running from bow to stern along the middle of the boat.

A type of journal bearing in centrifugal air compressors.

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