A ship builder, or one who works about a ship. Does wood carpentry on the ship and keeps ships faired. Builds launching ways and launches ship.

A condition of filter element loading in which contaminant spans the space between adjacent sections of a filter element, thus blocking a portion of the useful filtration.

In spray painting, the process of applying the final coat of paint at a lower air pressure. Used to uniform a finish or blending.

The capacity for floating.

To stow or secure in a safe place. A top-mast is housed by lowering it and securing it to a lowermast.

A machine which aspirates gas which has already been compressed and delivers the same at higher pressure.

A government office where duties are paid, import documents filed, etc., on foreign shipments.

A short length of chain, usually 15 fathoms (90 feet). (Method of measuring chain.)

Open ocean sailing

- A hitch used for bending a line to a spar, which if tied properly, won't slip. The end of the line is passed around the spar and then passed a second time around so it rides over the standing part. Then it is carried across and up through the bight.

To place pieces of dunnage in between pieces of cargo in order to prevent shifting of the cargo.

Long wave formations during calm or light air formed by waves running into shoaling water

In a manner, or fashion, befitting a seaman.

The total pressure measured from absolute zero ( i.e., from an absolute vacuum).

Shipper's communication(s) to its agent and/or directly to the international water-carrier. Instructions may be varied, e.g., specific details/clauses to be printed on the B/L, directions for cargo pickup and delivery.

Loose and broken ice in bays, or along exposed edges of floes.

A bolted rim used for attachment to another object.

At or in the direction of the bow. Also the fore part of the ship.

A private ship operating under license from a government against the merchant shipping of an enemy.

An abbreviation for "Cubic." A unit of volume measurement.