P
PACKET or PACKET-BOAT to PARSLING
PARTING to PAYING-OFF
PAYING-OUT, or PAYING-AWAY to PILOT
PIN of a block to PLANKING
PLAT to POLE-MAST
PLAT
PLUG
PLUNDER
PLYING
POINT
POINTING
POINTS
POLACRE
POLE-AXE
POLE-MAST
Under bare POLES to PRAM or PRAME
PRATIC to PROP
PROTEST to PURSER
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PLUNDER
PLUNDER, (butin, Fr.) a name given to the effects of the officers or crew of a prize, which are pillaged by the captors.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 217, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0966.html