A ring of rope made by splicing the ends, and used for slinging weights, holding the parts of a block together, etc. A rope, wire or iron binding, encircling a block and with a thimble seized into it for taking a hook.

A stem curving up and forward in graceful line.

Device for positioning one shipping container on top of another.

Term meaning smart or neat.

A straight line compass course between two points. A line on the earth's surface which intersects all meridians at the same angle.

The definition of the exact position on the surface of the globe in relation to two lines, latitude and longitude, which intersect at right angles.

Blue working overalls.

The falls foul in a block. The falls may be chocked or jammed intentionally for a temporary securing (holding).

Article shipped. For dangerous and hazardous cargo, the correct commodity identification is critical.

Rate at which unsaturated air cools as it travels vertically, provided that all temperature change is adiabatic (without heat exchange), and no condensation occurs.

A rate made up of two or more factors, separately published.

A bank that acts as an agent to the seller's bank (the presenting bank). The collecting bank assumes no responsibility for either the documents or the merchandise.

Is the ratio of the theoretical work requirement to the actual work required to be performed on the gas for compression and delivery.

The captain or master of a ship.

A number of yarns, twisted together and which in turn may be twisted into rope; a rope is stranded when a strain is broken; rope may be designated by the number of strands composing. Rope is commonly three-stranded. A vessel run ashore is said to be stran ...

Strips of material temporarily holding parts of a ship in position.

A system in which distilled water, antifreeze, and/or corrosion inhibitors are circulated through a collector and storage tank in a closed loop. Heat picked up from the collector by the circulating fluid is transferred to the storage tank through the clos ...

A short semi-trailer used jointly with a dolly and another semi-trailer to create a twin trailer

One whose occupation is to rig or unrig vessels.

A sailboat sailing on a tack with the wind coming from starboard and the boom on the port side. If two boats under sail are approaching, the one on port tack must give way to the boat on starboard tack.