To fake line back and forth on deck.

An object bears so and so, when it is in such a direction from the person looking. To bear down upon a vessel, is to approach her from the windward.To bear up, is to put the helm up and keep a vessel off from her course, and move her to leeward.To bear aw ...

A penalty charge against shippers or consignees for delaying carrier's equipment beyond allowed time. Demurrage applies to cargo; detention applies to equipment. See Per Diem.

The vertical absorption of a liquid into a porous material by capillary forces.

Method of payment for goods in which documents transferring title are given the buyer upon payment of cash to an intermediary acting for the seller, usually a commission house.

Energy terms

A thousand.

To receive goods from a foreign country.

Ties used to tie up the sails when they are furled to the boom or yards.

Person given a passage in one of H.M. ships; usually on compassionate grounds.

One of the 4 cardinal compass points. North is the direction toward the North Pole and is at 0

A large, swelling wave. To surge a rope or cable, is to slack it up suddenly where it renders round a pin, or round the windlass or capstan.urge ho! The notice given when a cable is to be surged.

The actual temperature of a moving gas stream. It is the temperature indicated by a thermometer moving in the stream with the same velocity as the stream.

A heavy colorless gas that does not support combustion but is formed by the combustion and decomposition of organic substances. Found in some ambient air conditions.

One who earns his living by service at sea.

A large sail that is a cross between a spinnaker and a genoa. Hoisted without a pole, the tack is attached at the bottom of the headstay.

Polaris, the North Star, is 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.

Difference in air or gas temperature between the outlet of the intercooler and the inlet of the compressor.

The line to which a vessel is submerged with a full cargo on board.

A wind moving from the land to the water due to temperature changes in the evening, where the temperature of the land falls below the sea temperature.