A method of payment for goods in which the buyer pays the seller in advance of the shipment of goods. Usually employed when the goods, such as specialized machinery, are built to order.

Is a standardized method to determine the carbon formation characteristics of compressor lubricants.

(1) The edge where the deck joins the hull; top edge of bulwarks. (2) The railing around the deck.

Said of a man who goes to sea as a rating compared with officers, and lives forward. Forward of a mast.

Old name for bunting from which signal and other flags were made.

To spin out of control and capsize or nearly capsize; The turning of a boat broadside to the wind or waves, subjecting it to possible capsizing; a turning or swinging of the boat that puts the beam of the boat against the waves, creating a danger of swamp ...

A method of payment for goods in which cash is paid at the time of order and the transaction becomes binding on both buyer and seller.

To reach the end; to bring one object hard up against another, as when two blocks in a block and tackle arrangement are brought together.

The outer layer on a coalescing filter that prevents separated liquids from re-entering the air stream. Also known as anti re-entrainment barrier.

A group of points to which rates are made the same as or in relation to rates to other points in group.

The direction at right angles to a ship's heading or the line of her keel

To enter a port or harbor

An illegal form of discounting or refunding that has the net effect of lowering the tariff price. See also Malpractice.

A vessel's position determined by observation and navigational data.

An important parameter in establishing an entrained particle's potential to impinge on control surfaces and cause erosion.

Shipped under rate that includes cost from end of ship's tackle at load port to end of ship's tackle at discharge port.

The breaking-up of paint into fine particles or droplets by a paint gun using compressed air.

A ring used to attach certain bellow type flexible members of an air actuators to the mounting surface.

The riding lights required to be carried by vessels at anchor.

A fitting around the propeller shaft to keep the bearing lubricated and to keep water out of the boat.