P
PACKET or PACKET-BOAT to PARSLING
PARTING to PAYING-OFF
PAYING-OUT, or PAYING-AWAY to PILOT
PAYING-OUT, or PAYING-AWAY
PEAK, or PEEK
PEEK-HALIARDS
PEN
PENDENT
PERIAGUA
PIER
PILLAGE
PILLOW
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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PIER
PIER, a strong mound, or fence, projecting into the sea, to break off the violence of the waves from the entrance of a harbour.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 214, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0950.html