Bar gauge (similar to the acronym "psig")

Term for a seaman's short leave from his ship, permitting him to go ashore for the day or night.

The interval between full moon and change of moon and the highest high tide.

Practice of loading iron ore cargoes into every alternate hold, leaving the remaining holds empty.

A mast that is stepped (placed) on the deck of a boat rather than through the boat and keel stepped. The mast of a deck stepped boat is usually easier to raise and lower and are usually intended for lighter conditions than keel stepped boats.

The gingerbread woodwork on the stern of old sailing ships.

Privilege to use the rate producing the lowest charge.

Above the upper deck (above).

Quantity of gas actually compressed and delivered to the discharge system at rated speed of the machine and under rated pressure conditions.

Underwriters Lab.

Any fixed object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radiobeacons, and lighthouses, and to indicate safe and unsafe waters.

An old name for high waves when they break with a white crest.

A representative of a government commission or agency vested with power to administer oaths, examine witnesses, take testimony, and conduct hearings of cases submitted to, or initiated by, that agency. Also called Hearing Examiner.

Nautical name for an argumentative person.

A triangular topsail set above the mainsail in a gaff-rigged vessel.

A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. A mixture of individual gases. The gaseous mixture surrounding the earth. Standard density of dry air free of carbon dioxide (0

A line rove through a single block secured aloft.

Altitude

A river, canal or other body of water that boats can travel on.

Close beside a ship, wharf or jetty.