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PACKET or PACKET-BOAT to PARSLING
PARTING to PAYING-OFF
PAYING-OUT, or PAYING-AWAY to PILOT
PIN of a block to PLANKING
PIN of a block
PINK
PINNACE
PINTLES
PIRATE
PITCH
To PITCH the seams
PITCHING
PLANE
PLANKING
PLAT to POLE-MAST
Under bare POLES to PRAM or PRAME
PRATIC to PROP
PROTEST to PURSER
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PINTLES
PINTLES, certain pins or hooks, fastened upon the back part of the rudder, with their points downwards, in order to enter into, and rest upor the googings, fixed on the stern-post to hang the rudder. See HELM.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 215, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0957.html