PARTANCE, the time of departing, or sailing from a place; also a place from whence a ship departs.

Coup de PARTANCE, a signal-gun for sailing.

Banniere de PARTANTE, the signal displayed for sailing.

PAS, a streight or narrow channel; as,

PAS de CALAIS, the Streights of Dover.

PASSAGERS, the passengers of a ship.

PASSE, a canal, channel, or small streight.

PASSE-port, a sea-pass or passport. See CONGÉ.

PASSER, to perish, or be lost at sea; as by oversetting, or foundering.

FASSER au vent d'un vaisseau, to weather, or gain the wind of another ship.

PASSER sous le beaupré, to pass under the bowsprit. This phrase, which is usual amongst English as well as French seamen, implies to go ahead of, or before a ship, and run athwart her course.

PASSE-vogue, the effort of rowing briskly, or very hard.

PASSE-volant, a false muster on the ship's books: also a wooden-gun, which may terrify a ship at a distance. See FAUSSES-LANCES.

PATACHE, an armed tender, or vessel which attends a ship of war or fleet: also a packet-boat.

PATACHE d'avis, an advice-boat. See FRÉGATE d'avis.

PATARAS, a preventer-shrowd: also a spare shrowd, to be hooked on occasionally.

P ATARASSE, a caulking-iron.

PATRON, the master or commander of a merchant-ship, or boat, in the dialect of Provence.

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