A fixed navigation aid structure, visible during the day, used in shallow waters upon which is placed one or more daymarks.

Filtering unit that separates solids and liquid droplets from gas (air). Widely used in removing oil from a gas or air.

The amount by which magnetic variation changes up or down each year in a particular area. The annual increase or decrease is printed in the compass roses on each chart and may make a significant difference over a number of years.

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

On a square-rigged ship, a tackle used for hoisting casks and provisions.

U.S. Commerce Department document, "Shipper's Export Declaration."

Get gear in condition for use; to separate the blocks of a tackle to lengthen the fall (ready for use again).

Abbreviation for (1) "Interstate Commerce Commission," (2) "International Chamber of Commerce."

A slot into which the bolt rope or lugs in the luff of the sail are inserted to attach the sail.

A trade arrangement in which goods are shipped to a foreign buyer without guarantee of payment.

Same as 0.4535924277 kilograms.

Order to pick up goods at a named place and deliver them to a pier. Usually issued by exporter to trucker but may apply to a railroad, which completes delivery by land. Use is limited to a few major U.S. ports. Also known as shipping delivery order.

The resistance to movement. (2) An anchor drags when its flukes do not hold.

a type of separator for removal of larger particles from an exhaust gas stream. Gas laden with particulates enters the cyclone and is directed to flow in a spiral causing the entrained particulates to fall out and collect at the bottom. The gas exits near ...

Dangle a man from one of the yard arms, sometimes by the neck, if the man was to be killed, and sometimes by the toes, if he was merely to be tortured. A severe punishment used aboard sailing ships long ago. Today, a reprimand.

An unauthoritative story (a tall story).

Goods transported in a ship, or the money paid for such goods.

Heat cannot, of itself, pass from a colder to a hotter body.

Bound together.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., (ASHRAE) is an international membership organization operated for the exclusive purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating, refrigeration, air conditioning and ...