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Transportation

Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.

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asw

Transportation; Nautical

anti-submarine warfare.

athwart, athwartships

Transportation; Nautical

at right angles to the fore and aft or centerline of a ship

avast – stop!

Transportation; Nautical

cease or desist from whatever is being done.

bearing

Transportation; Nautical

the horizontal direction of a line of sight between two objects on the surface of the earth. See also "absolute bearing" and "relative bearing".

beaufort scale

Transportation; Nautical

the scale describing wind force devised by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort in 1808, in which winds are graded by the effect of their force (originally, the amount of sail that a ...

before the mast

Transportation; Nautical

literally, the area of a ship before the foremast (the forecastle). Most often used to describe men whose living quarters are located here, officers being quartered in the ...

belay

Transportation; Nautical

1) to make fast a line around a fitting, such as a cleat, or 2) an order to halt current activity or countermand an order before it it carried out

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