Abbreviation for "Transportation and Exportation." Customs form used to control cargo movement from port of entry to port of exit, meaning that the cargo is moving from one country, through the United States, to another country.

A deposit resulting from the oxidation and polymerization of fuels and lubricants when exposed to high temperatures. Similar to, but harder, than varnish.

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Any little handy contraption such as a scraper or sailmaker's palm, etc.

Liquid flows through into the valve and flows out through one of two tubes which is selected by changing the angle of a lever.

Measuring point for compressor acceptance test. Temperature at the compressor inlet flange.

A device worn around a person's body that can be tethered to jack lines to help prevent a person from falling overboard.

Prefix before a ship's name to indicate that she is a steamship.

(Ex Works) (...Named Place): A Term of Sale which means that the seller fulfills the obligation to deliver when he or she has made the goods available at his/her premises (i.e., works, factory, warehouse, etc.) to the buyer. In particular, the seller is n ...

The national flag flown on a jackstaff on the bow of naval ships while anchored.

A hand held rock drill worked by compressed air.

(1) A fore-sail flying above and forward of the jib, usually seen on bowsprit vessels. (2) A foresail used on yachts similar to a genoa, but cut narrower, with its leech not overlapping the mainsail, and a higher clew.

A length of line or thin rope; A line used to attach a sail to a spar.

To keep the sails full and drawing

A navigational light which turns on and off in a regular pattern, but is on more than it is off, so the period of light is longer than the period of darkness.

Any sailboat with a four-sided mainsail, defined by two booms, one located on the bottom, perpendicular to the mast, and another, located on top, at an angle from the mast.

Erosion rate per unit of erosion index in a cultivated continuous fallow soil.

A factor is an agent who will, at a discount (usually five to 8% of the gross), buy receivables.

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A material made of tarred hemp or manila rope fibers, used for caulking seams of decks and sides of a wooden ship in order to make them watertight.