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dredge down

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Pull up with a cable, hawser, chain etc.

luff

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In latin sails it is the edge which meets the mast and in the round ones the sides that come from the top to the bottom (see foot and leech).

net deadweight

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Part of the usable negociable deadweight. It includes, thus, the weight of the load, passengers and their luggages, mail bag and other items about which freight or ticket may be ...

water tightness test

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Pressure test (positive or negative) to check the non-existance of leaking in a duct or part of a duct, or passage flaws in welded joints.

negotiable deadweight

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Part of the deadweight still available to take the merchant ship from the water line where it is to the full load water line. It is the amount of load waiting for transport that ...

pressure test

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Generic name for a test which consists on the compression of a pipe system, with te appropriate fluid, to show its mechanical resistence or watertightness.