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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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mizzenmast (or mizzen)
Transportation; Nautical
the third mast, or mast aft of the mainmast, on a ship.
monkey's fist
Transportation; Nautical
a ball woven out of line used to provide heft to heave the line to another location. The monkey fist and other heaving-line knots were sometimes weighted with lead (easily ...
mould
Transportation; Nautical
a template of the shape of the hull in transverse section. Several moulds are used to form a temporary framework around which a hull is built.
navigation rules
Transportation; Nautical
rules of the road that provide guidance on how to avoid collision and also used to assign blame when a collision does occur.
nipper
Transportation; Nautical
short rope used to bind a cable to the "messenger" (a moving line propelled by the capstan) so that the cable is dragged along too (used where the cable is too large to be wrapped ...
no room to swing a cat
Transportation; Nautical
the entire ship's company was expected to witness floggings, assembled on deck. If it was very crowded, the bosun might not have room to swing the 'cat o' nine tails' (the whip).
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