The operation of bringing two lines together; term also applied to other objects.

An opening in a ship's side, provided with a glazed lid or cover for the admission of light.

A train of a specified number of railcars, perhaps 100, which remain as a unit for a designated destination or until a change in routing is made.

To haul in.

Carefully (watch what you're doing).

A line attached to the boom to prevent it from accidentally gybing.

Book in which is kept a reckoning of items of cargo received or discharged from a hatch or vessel.

A person inexperienced with or uncomfortable around boats.

Filled with water but afloat.

Refers to the direction in which a line goes.

The energy in foot pounds required to compress polytropically and to transfer one pound of a given gas from one pressure level to another.

The sovereign power to take property for a necessary public use, with reasonable compensation.

A coupling pin centered on the front underside of a chassis; couples to the tractor.

The energy in foot pounds required to compress adiabatically and to deliver one pound of a given gas from one pressure level to another.

Machines in which air or gas is compressed by the mechanical action of rotating vanes or impellers imparting velocity and pressure to the flowing medium. (Raise the pressure of the air by converting the energy from the velocity of the air to pressure.)

Gossip, usually about other people or events. The term scuttlebutt evolved from the name of a keg containing water and alcohol that sailors used to gather about before meals.

Direction from which the wind is blowing; an unsailable sector between close hauled headings.

Cargo discharged in excess of the quantity on the manifest.

The position of a flag when lowered halfway down.

Release of merchandise by a bank to a buyer while the bank retains title to the merchandise. The goods are usually obtained for manufacturing or sales purposes. The buyer is obligated to maintain the goods (or the proceeds from their sales) distinct from ...