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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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PITCH
PITCH, (brai, Fr. pix, Lat.) a composition, black, dry, brittle, and shining, which remains at the bottom of an alembic after the oil, of turpenine is drawn off by distilation. It is used in caulking a ship, to fill the chinks, or intervals between the planks of her sides, or decks, or bottom. It is sometimes mixed with resin, or other glutinous material. See TAR.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 215, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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