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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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waterway

Transportation; Nautical

a navigable body of water

waypoint

Transportation; Nautical

a location defined by navigational coordinates, especially as part of a planned route.

wearing ship

Transportation; Nautical

tacking away from the wind in a square-rigged vessel.

weather gage

Transportation; Nautical

favorable position over another sailing vessel with respect to the wind.

weather deck

Transportation; Nautical

whichever deck is that exposed to the weather – usually either the main deck or, in larger vessels, the upper deck.

weatherly

Transportation; Nautical

a ship that is easily sailed and maneuvered; makes little leeway when sailing to windward.

weigh anchor

Transportation; Nautical

to heave up (an anchor) preparatory to sailing.