An assigned area in which containers are prepared for loading into a vessel, train, truck, or airplane or are stacked immediately after discharge from the vessel, train, truck, or airplane.

A card marked in degrees and having sightings on it that is used to take bearings relative to the ship, rather than magnetic bearings as taken with a compass.

Rope made of the fibers of the hemp plant and used for small stuff or less than 24 thread (1.75 inch circumference). (Rope is measured by circumference, wire by diameter.)

The lines that lead from the clew of the jib to the cockpit and are used to control the jib.

Sailor's phrase for a seaman who has died.

A method of lowering the sail in sections so that it can be reefed quickly.

A type of schooner without a bowsprit.

A location that is not sheltered from the wind and seas. An open location would not make a good anchorage.

Sailing other than close; hauled or into the wind (wind astern).

An item such as a nail, screw, rivet or other device used to fasten objects together.

The equipment used to sail a boat, including sails, booms and gaffs, lines and blocks, etc.

The height of the decks, below decks.

A compressor belonging to the group of displacement reciprocating compressors.

An indicator that signals pressure conditions.

To receive goods from a foreign country.

Opposite of absorption or adsorption. In filtration, it relates to the downstream release of particles previously retained by the filter.

Sailing upwind so close to the wind that the forward edge of the sail is stalling or luffing, reducing the power generated by the sail and the angle of heel. Also known as pinching.

(1) To bind a line with marline, cord, twine, wire, or other "small stuff" to prevent accidental opening or unraveling (2) To freeze up, as a valve.

Pounds.

Is the energy a substance possesses by virtue of its motion or velocity. Used primarily in calculations for dynamic and ejector type compressors