The anti-corrosive paint used on and above the waterline.

Heavy-weather practice of pouring oil on the sea so as to form a film on the surface, thus preventing the seas from breaking. To smooth out some difficulty.

On a wooden vessel, the outermost deck plank covering the gunwale. also called Covering Board

To put out a mooring, hawser or line from a ship to a point of attachment outside her.

On steam vessels has responsibility for the boilers, on diesels, the evaporators and the auxiliary equipment.

Wind coming from the south.

A term describing the seamen of a British warship.

To ease away slowly, as in a line, sheet, or falls of a tackle.

A wire or rope contrivance placed around cargo and used to load or discharge it to/from a vessel.

Along or around a coast.

The spiral grooves between the strands of rope after it has been laid up.

To bleed is the operation of draining any water out of a buoy which may have seeped inside after long use at sea.

A "C" shaped fitting which can be slipped over the boom, for example, when the sail has been roller reefed to allow the boom vang to be reattached.

A power or sailing boat used by pi-lots (men who have local knowledge of navigation hazards of ports).

A device for mounting cylinders.

A traditional term in the British Navy for serving out an additional tot of rum or grog to a ship's crew. In sailing ship days the main brace was spliced (in terms of drink) in very bad weather or after a period of severe exertion by the crew.

Large ships dating back to the 17th century typically with three masts carrying rectangular sails mounted on horizontal spars called yards. A sailing-ship rig with rectangular sails set approximately at right angles to the keel line from horizontal yards.

A bank that, in its own country, handles the business of a foreign bank.

The difference in pressure between any two points of a system or component.

The North Star; visible in the northern hemisphere and indicates the direction of north. In the southern hemisphere the Southern Cross is used to find the direction of south.