PORTE.vergues, or rather herpes, the rails of the head, reaching from the cat.head towards the cut.water. See HERPES.

PORTE.voix, a speaking.trumpet.

PORTE à route, to stand onward, upon the course.

PORTELOTS, the thick stuff which encircles the side of a lighter under the gunnel.

PORTER, to sail, or conduct a ship.

PORTER au sud, &c. to stand to the southward, &c.

PORTEREAU, the flood.gate of a sluice.

POSTE, the quarters where the men are stationed in time of battle.

POSTILLON, an express.boat, or post.boat.

POT à brai, a pitch.pot.

POT.à.feu, a fire.pot, or stink.pot.

POT de pompe, the lower pump.box. See also CHOPINETTE.

POTENCE de brinquebale, the cheeks of a common pump.

POUDRE, gun.powder.

Soute au Poudre, magazine for gun.powder.

POUDRIER, an half.hour watch.glass.

POUGER, or moler en pouppe, to bear up, in the dialect of Provence.

POULAINE, éperon, the knee of the head, or cut.water. See also EPERON.

POULAINES, the props which support a ship's stem, when she is on the stocks.

POULIE, a block of any kind wherein a running rope may be reeved.

POULIE coupée, or à dents, a snatch.block. See also GALOCHE.

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