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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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beacon
Transportation; Nautical
a lighted or unlighted fixed aid to navigation attached directly to the earth’s surface. (Lights and daybeacons both constitute beacons.)
beam
Transportation; Nautical
the width of a vessel at the widest point, or a point alongside the ship at the mid-point of its length.
beam ends
Transportation; Nautical
the sides of a ship. "On her beam ends" may mean the vessel is literally on her side and possibly about to capsize; more often, the phrase means the vessel is listing 45 degrees ...
bilge
Transportation; Nautical
the bilge is the compartment at the bottom of the hull of a ship or boat where water collects so that it may be pumped out of the vessel at a later time.
bilge keels
Transportation; Nautical
a pair of keels on either side of the hull, usually slanted outwards. In yachts, they allow the use of a drying mooring, the boat standing upright on
bilged on her anchor
Transportation; Nautical
a ship that has run upon her own anchor, so the anchor cable runs under the hull.
binnacle list
Transportation; Nautical
a ship's sick list. The list of men unable to report for duty was given to the officer or mate of the watch by the ship's surgeon. The list was kept at the binnacle.
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