nautical

To leave or forsake a ship, due to its impending doom.

A mollusc resembling a nautilus; specifically, a cephalopod of the subclass Nautiloidea.

The deck of an aircraft carrier, where aircraft can land and take off.

The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.

The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.

A sudden plunging into water.

The person in charge of a ship's engine room

An imaginary line from the luff of a sail to its leech.

To reduce (a ship) to a (nonfunctional) hulk.

The circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs.

A particular very simple knot, used e.g. to prevent the end of a rope from unraveling, and as part of other knots.

To adapt for marine environments

A strong rope or chain rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship's stem or cutwater.

To transfer goods from one ship or other conveyance to another.

Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull

One employed in managing a Newcastle keel, or coal boat.

A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck.

A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.

(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

To be turned sideways to oncoming waves, especially large or breaking waves.