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| Parallel Rule | Tool used for transferring course and bearing to and from the compass rose on a chart |
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| Parallels | Latitude lines. |
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| Parbuckle | A means of hauling up or lowering a cylindrical object. |
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| Parcel a Rope | To put a narrow piece of canvas around it after it has been wormed, and before it has been served. |
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| Parcel a Seam | After a seam is caulked, to lay over it a narrow piece of canvas and then pour on hot pitch and tar . |
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| Parclose | Limber hole of a ship. |
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| Part | Break; e.g., the line parted under strain |
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| Parting Strop | Strop inserted between two hawsers, and weaker than the hawsers, so that strop, and not hawsers, will part with any excessive strain. |
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| Partners | A framework of supporting structures used to support areas where high loads come through openings in the deck, such as the opening in the deck through which the mast passes. |
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| Passage | A journey from one place to another. |
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| Passed West | Died. Perhaps derived from the sun setting in the west. |
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| Passenger Ship | A ship that is authorized to carry more than twelve passengers. |
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| Patrimonial Sea | The waters adjacent to a country over which it claims jurisdiction. also, Territorial Waters. |
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| Pay Off | (1) Said of ship's head when it moves away from wind, especially when tacking. (2) To discharge a crew and close Articles of Agreement of a merchant ship. |
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| Pay Out | To ease out or slacken a line, chain or cable or let it run in a controlled manner. |
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