A unit designed to separate condensate from the compressed air stream.

A device actuated by inlet static pressure and designed to open during an emergency or abnormal condition to prevent a rise of internal pressure in excess of a specified value.

A pillar or handhold on a boat - Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.

Seamen who worked on the masts and yards of square-rigged ships.

A belt and line or wire used to help a crew hike out beyond the edge of a boat to counteract the boat's heel. Usually used on small vessels for racing.

A closed rail freight car.

To break into a conversation.

A vessel formed of two or more hulls. A catamaran has two hulls, and a trimaran has three hulls.

Let the sail out by easing the sheet.

(1) The land in general, but usually refers to that part adjacent to the water. (2) A timber used in damage control to brace bulkheads and decks. (3) One of the many wooden props by which the ribs or frames of a vessel are externally supported while build ...

The maximum power required by a given compressor when operating at a (1) constant discharge pressure with variable intake pressure, or (2) constant intake pressure with variable discharge pressure.

To ascertain the proper course to be steered to make the desired point or port. Shark's mouth

The act of taking a ship on the high seas from those lawfully entitled to it.

Part of the standing rigging that helps to support the mast laterally by running from the top of the mast to the side of the boat. Sailboats usually have one or more shrouds on each side of the mast. Some people call them side stays

Is the unique temperature to which the air (or any gas) must be cooled in order that it shall be saturated with respect to ice.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed from initial pressure to an intermediate pressure in one or more cylinders or casings.

To bring a sailing vessel to a stop with her sails still set. This can be accomplished on a square rigged ship by bracing the yards aback on her foremast; on fore-and-aft rigged boats it is done by bringing her head into the wind so that the sails are no ...

The distance between frames.

(1) A knot used to secure a line to another object such as a ring or cylindrical object or to another line; (2) Common term for an enlistment.

The pressure containing stationary element that encloses the rotor and associated internal components of a compressor, including integral inlet and discharge connections.