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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
PRATIC to PROP
PROTEST to PURSER
PROTEST
PROW
PUDENING
PULLING
PUMP
PUMP-spear
PUNT
PURCHASE
PURSER
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PUNT
PUNT, a sort of flat-bottomed boat, whose floor resembles the platform of a floating-stage. It is used by the naval artificers, either in caulking,. breaming, or repairing the bottom of a ship.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 223, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1001.html