A filtering unit for vented enclosures installed to prevent dirt and foreign matter from entering the enclosure.

Are used with ejectors to convert weight of gas and/or water vapor handled to or from equivalent air.

An astray shipment (a lost shipment that is found) sent to its proper destination without additional charge.

When the two blocks of a tackle have been drawn as close together as possible.

Too heavy aloft.

An elevated guardrail set up at the bow of a vessel. When erected at the stern, it is called a pushpit.

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

Type of wrench used to tighten or loosen fire hose fittings.

TRADES Foreign-to-foreign trade carried by ships from a nation other than the two trading nations.

Abbreviation for "Gross Vehicle Weight." The combined total weight of a vehicle and its container, inclusive of prime mover.

To intercept the wind. A vessel or highland to windward is said to becalm another. So one sail becalms another.

Forcing material into the seams of the planks in a boat's deck or sides to make them watertight; the material itself. Oakum was once the material used for this purpose, and was then sealed with hot pitch to prevent it from rotting. Today there are polymer ...

A complete package of pick up or delivery services performed by a carrier from origin to final consumption point.

The bearing surrounding the propeller shaft where it exits the hull.

A strong pair of iron, steel or wooden posts on a ship's deck, around which ropes or cables are wound and held fast.

Said of a vessel when water level has fallen from the level at which she would float, so she would be aground and need to wait for the next tide before re-floating. Also said of the water that has receded and caused a vessel to go aground.

A deck crew member who is subordinate to the Able Bodied Seamen.

A heavy longitudinal timber placed over the keel in a ship's stern through which the propeller shaft passes.

Small lines used to tie the sails when they are flaked or furled.

Analog