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
Under bare POLES to PRAM or PRAME
PRATIC to PROP
PROTEST to PURSER
PROTEST
PROW
PUDENING
PULLING
PUMP
PUMP-spear
PUNT
PURCHASE
PURSER
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PULLING
PULLING, a name given by sailors to the act of rowing with the oars.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 221, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0997.html