A device designed to enable accumulated liquids to be held for draining in a compressed air system.

Used in meteorology to describe boundaries between hot and cold air masses. This is typically where bad weather is found.

Compartment in the hold of a containership into which a shipping container fits exactly.

A round wood plug inserted in a hole to cover a nail, screw, or bolt.

Small, steep disorderly waves at rapid intervals.

Wooden shoulders attached below the masthead to either side of a wooden mast which originally supported the trestle trees.

A rest for a cargo-boom when lowered for securing for sea.

To leave; to push a boat away from a pier or vessel's side.

Seaman who was born aboard a warship. As this was once considered to be one of the essentials of the perfect seaman, it has long been a complimentary term.

Micrometer or one millionth of a meter; micron is sometimes represented in filtration by the Greek letter

ACRONYM - MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

Shipper's instructions to carrier for forwarding goods; usually the triplicate copy of the bill of lading.

To throw an oar out of the rowlock, and raise it perpendicularly on its end, and lay it down in the boat, with its blade forward.

An old seafaring dish made of boiled oatmeal seasoned with salt, sugar, and butter.

Two or more bearings are noted on the chart in order to determine the ship's position at the intersection of the two

Country, island or territory the vessel visits.

The moisture content of air.

Funds sent by one person to another as payment.

A manmade structure, in or around a harbor, designed to break the force of the sea, thus providing shelter.

To take a boat into water that is too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the bottom of the boat is resting on the ground.