PANE: pig or cake, e.g., of metal. Tra. 73, 181. PANE DELLA VITE: the threads of a screw. Tra. 122.
PANNACCIO LINO: a linen rag. Tra. 16.
PARTIRE (ACQUA DI): the acid into which you put alloys and clippings, filings, &c. PARTIRE: to separate gold from silver, or silver from copper, or gold from gilt copper. Tra. 155, 156. PARTITORE: the man who exercises this craft.
PASTA: a paste; a coating. Tra. 148, 166.
PECE GRECA: powdered resin (white pine) from which the oil has been evaporated over hot water. Tra. 27. See also Hendrie’s ‘Theophilus,’ p. 70.
PELLE: a skin, surface, or coating, e.g., of metal or stone; also of the working of the tools over a surface. Tra. 92, 96, 128, 134, 200.
PENDENTE: a pendent.
PENDIO: a fall, as of the fall in a furnace. Tra. 186.
PENNA: the thin end of a hammer. Tra. 130, 132.
PENNELLO, PENNELLETTO, PENNELLINO: a paint brush of hog’s hair or sable, &c. Tra. 21, 93, 104.