The practice of selling shares on one day and buying them back on the next. The purpose for UK.

A ring or hoop of metal.

Wooden swells on each side of the after end of a boom, having sheaves through which to lead the leech reefing pendants.

Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the foretopmast stays through.

Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of a bowsprit through which are rove the foretopmast stays before they are brought in to the bows and secured.

Said of a man who goes to sea as a rating compared with officers, and lives forward. Forward of a mast.

Sailing with the wind from astern, in the same direction toward which the wind is blowing

Belgium (flag)

To make fast as to a pin or cleat. To rescind an order (tie up).

To make a rope fast by turns round a pin or coil, without hitching or seizing it.

A wooden or iron pin fitting into a rail upon which to secure ropes.

Iron or wood pin fitted into racks, around which lines can be belayed or secured.

Traditionally a ship's bell is made of brass and has her name engraved on it. It is used for striking the bells which mark the passage of time (see Bells) and is also used as a fog signal as an audible warning of a ship's position.

A navigational buoy on which is mounted a bell with clappers hung inside a metal cage, which is rung by the motion of the sea. It serves as a warning of shoal waters.

A short piece of line spliced into the end of the clapper by which the bell is struck. Traditionally it is finished off with a double wall knot crowned in its end.

An instrument which measures evaporation by measuring the loss of water from a burette reservoir through a ceramic disc.

Funnel shaped appliance fitted to the end of cargo suction lines in a tanker. They are designed to allow the cargo pump to draw the maximum amount of oil out of the cargo tank without admitting air to the system.

See aneroid capsule.

see Ships Time

The strokes on the ship's bell to mark the passage of time. The passage of time in each watch is marked by the bell every half-hour.