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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

PLAT to POLE-MAST

Under bare POLES to PRAM or PRAME
Under bare POLES
POMIGLION
PONTOON
POOP
POOP-ROYAL
POOPING
PORT
PORTS
POWDER-CHESTS
PRAM or PRAME

PRATIC to PROP

PROTEST to PURSER


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POOP

POOP, (dunette, Fr. puppis, Lat.) the highest and aftmost deck of a ship. See the article DECK.


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