To take in, or lower a sail. To put out a light. To cover with water.

An insurance term referring to any defect or other characteristic of a product that could result in damage to the product without external cause (for example, instability in a chemical that could cause it to explode spontaneously). Insurance policies may ...

A structure of wooden or metal supports that make up the mounting for a ship's engine.

An imaginary line around the center of the earth at 0

The fluid entering a component.

To steer the boat more into the wind, thereby causing the sails to flap or luff.

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

Cycles per minute - a unit of measure of the frequency of any vibration.

The lifting power. It may be measured by the volume of a watertight hull above the load water line.

Also stability sail or riding sail. Any small sail set to help the boat maintain its direction without necessarily moving, as when at anchor or in heavy weather.

The most commonly used lubricating oil for compressors.

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

States that the volume of a gas, at constant temperature, varies inversely with the pressure.

A flat bottomed, blunt nosed dinghy (or small boat).

A term which describes the rising of warm air above cold air when two air masses of different temperatures, humidity and pressure meet.

A set of four twistable bayonet type shear keys used as part of a spreader to pick up a container or as part of a chassis to secure the containers.

An opening in a deck, cockpit, toe-rail or gunwale to allow water to run off the deck and drain back into the sea.

Abbreviation for "Destination Rail Freight Station." Same as CFS at destination, except a DRFS is operated by the rail carrier participating in the shipment.

The difference between the maximum extended height and the compressed height of an air actuator.

Electrical power converter; converts square-wave DC current to sine-wave AC current