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.

A restrictive tube used in a refrigeration system which restricts the flow of freon and allows pressure to build on one side and suction on the other. It is located between the condenser and the evaporator.

A labyrinth type filter having the active surfaces continuously splashed with oil. Most pollutants are absorbed by the oil which when circulated releases its pollutants, which sink by gravity to the bottom of the oil pan.

A knot used to tie two lines together.

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

Is the ratio of the thermodynamic work requirement in the cylinder to actual brake horsepower requirement.

The tide with the least variation in water level, occurring when the moon is one quarter and three quarters full. The lowest high tide and the highest low tide occur at neap tide. The opposite is the spring tide.

An order to stop; as, "Avast heaving!"

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

A rail around the mast or on the bulwarks with holes for belaying pins to which lines or halyards are attached.

A seat or brace running laterally across the width of a rowing boat.

A board with cleats, forming a bridge reaching from a gangway of a vessel to the wharf.

A stationary, spirally shaped passage that converts velocity head to pressure.

The cover of a scuttle-way or small hatchway which leads to to or from a store room, cabin of small craft, crew's quarters, the forecastle or fore peak.

Completely filled with water.

To receive goods from a foreign country.

A passenger or cargo-carrying ship which is operated between scheduled, advertised ports of loading and discharge on a regular basis.

A topsail on the main mast.

A sailor's paradise where amusements were plentiful, and the women were accommodating.

Wind coming from the north.