APPENDIX I
GLOSSARY
ACCOUNTABILITY- The personal obliga-tion on the part of the ship's store officer to render an accounting of ship's store property and funds.
ACCOUNTABLE OFFICER- The ship's store officer.
ACCOUNTING PERIOD- Any period for which returns must be submitted. It is normally a 4-month period ending 31 January, 31 May, and 30 September.

ACETIC ACID- A general spotting agent used to neutralize alkalies, restore colors that have been damaged by alkalies, and test some dyes.
ACETONE- A general spotting agent used for such stains as oils, resins, paints, varnishes, and nail polish.

ACTIVE PHASE- A phase in the life cycle of bacteria when they grow and reproduce. This normally happens in the barbershop when sanitation requirements are not met.
AIR PRESSURE SWITCH- A safety device on the washer extractor that will not allow the machine to operate on less than 50 pounds of air pressure for the wash cycle and 80 pounds of air pressure for extract.
AMMONIA- A colorless, water soluble, volatile liquid alkali with a pungent odor used in spotting and wet cleaning.
AMUSEMENT MACHINES- Leased vending machines that provide the ship's crew with a variety of amusing games for 25 cents a play.

AMYL NITRATE- A clear, colorless, volatile liquid used chiefly on lacquer stains such as fingernail polish.

APPOINTMENT SYSTEM- A system of scheduling haircuts in the afloat barbershop where the ship's barber posts an appointment list outside the barbershop the day before the haircut is to be received. Crew members then sign their name next to the desired time and show up for their haircut at that time the next day.

ASSEMBLY BIN- A bin used in the ship's laundry to assemble finished laundry.
AUTOMATIC BRAKE- A safety device installed on the washer extractor that engages during power loss or emergency stop.

AUTOMATIC SUPPLY BINS- Supply bins located on the washer extractor that allow laundry supplies to be automatically injected into the washer shell at a time set on the program chart.
BACTERIA- One-cell microorganisms commonly referred to as germs and found nearly everywhere.

BARBERSHOP INSTRUCTIONS- Instruc-tions used to assist barbershop personnel in performing their duties.

BASE EXCHANGE- The process of soften-ing hard water when the compounds of calcium and magnesium in the water are exchanged for compounds of sodium that do not cause hardness.

BASIC STOCK ITEMS- Items listed in the current Consolidated Afloat Requisitioning Guide Overseas (CARGO), NAVSUP Pub 4998, chapter II. These items are considered the most popular and essential items of ship's store stock and should be stocked at all times.

BATHS- The washing process during which soil is loosened from the fabric, suspended in the water, and rinsed away. There are five baths in

BENZALDEHYDE- A general spotting agent used to remove black ink, hair dye, and some types of shoe polish.

BREAKBACK- A transfer of an item from a sales outlet back to the bulk storeroom.

BREAKOUT- A transfer of material from the bulk storeroom to a sales outlet or service activity.

BUCK- The worktable of the laundry press where items are pressed.

BULK LOTS- All divisional laundry, flatwork (bed linens, tablecloths, and so forth), and service lots (foodservice personnel, barbers, hospital corpsmen, and so forth).

BULK SALE- A sale made at cost to an activity authorized to buy in this man-ner.

BULK SALESROOM- A separate cash sales unit established in a bulk storeroom from which bulk sales are made.

BULK STOREROOM- A main storage facility for all or part of the stock in a ship's store operation. No sales are made from a bulk storeroom.
BULK STOREROOM CUSTODIAN- A person in charge of a bulk storeroom. In separate responsibility operations, the custodian is responsible for the stock by quantity on individual stock records.

CALCIUM- A silver-white, soft metallic element that forms a compound with chlo-rides and sulfates to make hardness in water.

CASH COLLECTION AGENT- An officer or enlisted person designated in writing by the ship's store officer to collect and deposit cash with the disbursing officer for cash received from sales in the ship's store.

CENTRIFUGAL FORCE- The force exerted against clothes in a washer extractor to force out solvent or water.

CHAMOIS- Heavy cloth used to absorb water and spotting solutions as they are removed from the fabric.
CHEESECLOTH- Soft, absorbent cloth used in spotting or feathering out; it picks up all moisture around a spot just removed.

CHEMICAL ACTION- An action used in spotting to remove stains by mixing two or more substances together on the fabric to produce one or more totally new substances that are very soluble and can be rinsed away easily.
CHEMICAL AGENTS- Chemicals com-monly used to remove spots and stains.

CHEMICAL DISINFECTANTS- Germi-tidal solutions, sprays, or substances that eliminate or render inactive the bacteria found on barbering instruments.

CHEMICAL SOLUBLE SOILS- Soils that are soluble or readily dissolvable in chemical solvents, but are usually not soluble in water and may require special treatment.

CHT TANKS- Collection, holding, and transfer tanks are installed aboard ship for the purpose of handling waste water until further transfer ashore or at sea.
CLASSIFICATION- The process of separating laundry for washing according to color, type of fabric, and degree of soil.

CLOTHING ITEMS- Standard Navy cloth-ing items.

COIL BOX- Housing for the steam coils located in the top portion of the tumbler dryer.

COLOR TRANSFERENCE- The transfer of the color of one fabric onto other fabrics during the wash cycle.

COMBINED RESPONSIBILITY OPERA-TION- A ship's store operation in which one person is responsible for both a sales outlet and the bulk storeroom that supplies that outlet.

COMBUSTIBLE TEMPERATURE- The actual temperature at which a liquid will begin to burn.

COMPOSITE RECREATION FUND- A fund in which a ship without a ship's store shares in the profits of the supporting ship's store. For example, an SSN/ SSBN supported by an AS receives a share of the ship's store profits from the AS to be used as the SSN/ SSBN's recreation fund.

CONSTANTS- Data maintained in a central file in the ROM system that is used repetitively to produce various reports and forms.

COOL-DOWN CYCLE- The final portion of the actual drying cycle; the cool-down timer on the tumbler dryer is set for 10 minutes, the dampers are moved to the cool position, and the dryer load is cooled down to approximately 120 F.

COST ITEM- An item of ship's store stock carried for ultimate issue as cost of operations and cost of sales.
COST OF OPERATIONS ISSUE- An ex-penditure of stock for ultimate consumption in a ship's store activity.

COST OF OPERATIONS ITEMS- Cost items carried for ultimate issue to ship's store activities and for which cash is not ultimately received.

COST OF SALES ITEMS- Cost items carried for issue to a sales outlet. Cash is ultimately received for cost of sales items. They differ from retail items in that further processing is required before sale.
COST PRICE- The price at which an item is received from the supplier. Standard Navy clothing is sold and issued at cost price. Cost of operations items are issued at cost price.

COTTON- A soft, white fibrous substance with a cellulose base that is used to make cotton fabrics.

CUSTODIAN (RESPONSIBLE CUSTO-DIAN)- A person held responsible for the operation of a sales outlet and strict custody of the material used in it.

CUSTODY- Responsibility for proper care, storage, use, and records of Navy material.

CYLINDER- Part of the washer extractor that has three pockets to hold clothes and is perforated to allow water and suds in the bottom of the shell to enter and clean clothes during the wash cycle.
CYLINDER DOOR- Door that allows the laundry person access to each pocket in the cylinder.

DACRON- A synthetic fiber.
DAILY RECORD OF VENDING MACHINE
DRINKS- Locally developed form placed on the inside of each vending machine that lists the date, flavor, and amount of sodas placed in the machine when it is refilled.
DAMP BOX- A box used to stow trousers and shirts and keep them damp while they are waiting to be pressed.

DAMPERS- Dampers that regulate the temperature of the air coming into the tumbler dryer.

DELIVERY TABLE- Table that catches all material discharged from the flatwork ironer.

DEODORIZING CYCLE- Last cycle of the dry-cleaning process where the clothes in the dry-cleaning machine are treated with a stream of fresh air to strip away any remaining odor or solvent vapor.

DEPARTMENT CODE- A code by which ship's store merchandise is identified by categories; listed in appendix B of the ROM TUG.

DETERGENT/ OXYGEN BLEACH- A mix-ture used for laundering cotton, synthetic, and blended clothing items in either fresh water or seawater. Commonly referred to as two-shot detergent.

DISTILLATION- The process in which used or impure solvent that contains an excessive amount of impurities is heated to approximately 250 F and vaporized. The impurities, mostly solvent, soluble, nonvolatile, boil at a much higher temperature; thus as the solvent is boiled off, the impurities are left behind where they remain in the bottom of the still in the dry-cleaning unit. The solvent vapors, now free of impurities, run over cold pipes to lower their temperature rapidly and return them to a liquid state where they reenter the wash cycle.

DIVISIONAL LAUNDRY BAGS- Large nylon bags used for pickup and delivery of divisional laundry and other bulk lots.
DIVISIONAL LAUNDRY PETTY OFFI-CER- Petty officers assigned by their respective divisions whom the laundry supervisor can contact for delivery or pickup of bulk divisional laundry or for resolving any other problems concerning the laundry.

DIVISIONAL SCHEDULE- A system of scheduling appointments in the barbershop where a definite number of hours are set aside for personnel in a particular division to receive haircuts.

DRAWSTRING- Device used to tighten the press cover onto the buck of the laundry press.
DRUM CONTROL DISK- A disk that the program chart is attached to on the inside of the programmer. The drum control disk can be operated automatically or you can turn it manually to set it on a particular operation on the program chart.

DRY BULB THERMOMETER- A mercury-in-glass or alcohol-in-glass thermometer whose bulb is kept dry and shielded from radiation; used to record temperatures in the ship's laundry.

DRY CLEANING- The process of im-mersing soiled and stained garments in dry-cleaning solvent to clean them.

DRY-CLEANING STANDARDS- The amount of dry-cleaning work that the dry-cleaning activity can normally be expected to accomplish in a given period of time.
DRY-CLEANING TAGS- Premarked tags that come with the dry-cleaning list used to tag each article contained in an individual lot.

DRY-CLEANING WORK LOG- A written record used to log dry-cleaning articles in and out.
DUNNAGE- Material such as lumber or burlap used in storing material to provide protection to both the material and the ship.

DUTY SUPPLY OFFICER- An officer or senior petty officer representing the supply department after normal working hours.