Brass work, polished (also varnished wood work in yachts).

Tools that operate by air pressure.

Old term for the boat used by the captain to go ashore.

The upper deck rail along both sides of a vessel to prevent anyone on board from falling overboard.

The meridian from which longitude is measured eastwards or westwards. The longitude of the prime meridian, passing through Greenwich, England, is 0

An enemy vessel captured at sea by a privateer or a ship of war. The term is also applied to contraband cargo taken from a merchant ship.

Refers to the shape of a boat's (usually power boat) hull. A deep V hull is usually good at cutting through rough waves at high speeds.

The forward part of the bow which overhangs the keel.

A container constructed to carry grain, powder and other free-flowing solids in bulk. Used in conjunction with a tilt chassis or platform.

Of a system (or part thereof) is its condition at an instant of time as described or measured by its properties.

(1) Clear, not tangled. (2) sailing free: a vessel is sailing free when her sheets are eased. (3) running free: to sail with the wind from astern.

Damage Free Car. Boxcars equipped with special bracing material.

The portion of the flow stream which has already passed through the system or the portion of the system located after a filter or separator/filter.

A horn type of vent designed to let air into a cabin and keep water out.

Windward side of a vessel.

A waybill covering two or more consignments of freight.

Maintenance performed after a machine has failed to return it to an operating state.

The same as FOB named inland carrier, except the buyer pays the transportation charge and the seller reduces the invoice by a like amount.

A shipment loaded into a container at the pier or terminal, thence to the consignee's facility.

The total pressure minus the static pressure in an air or gas stream.