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PACKET or PACKET-BOAT to PARSLING
PACKET or PACKET-BOAT
PADDLE
PAINTER
PALM
PANCH
PARBUCKLE
PARCELING
PARLIAMENT-HEEL
PARREL
PARSLING
PARTING to PAYING-OFF
PAYING-OUT, or PAYING-AWAY to PILOT
PIN of a block to PLANKING
PLAT to POLE-MAST
Under bare POLES to PRAM or PRAME
PRATIC to PROP
PROTEST to PURSER
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PANCH
PANCH, a sort of thick and strong mat, or texture, formed by interweaving twists of rope-yarn, as close as possible. It is chiefly used to fasten on the outside of the yards, or rigging, to prevent their surfaces from being rubbed by the friction of some other contiguous object, particularly when the vessel is rocked by a tempestuous lea. See also MAT.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 210, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0928.html