An Universal Dictionary of the Marine / Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c.

by William Falconer

PARCOURIR les coutures, to survey or examine the seams of a ship’s sides or decks, and caulk where it is found necessary.

PARÉ, ready, clear, or prepared for any thing.

Pare à virer, see all clear to go about! the order to prepare for tacking.

PAREAU, or Parre, a sort of large bark in the Indies, whose head and stern are exactly alike, so that the rudder may be hung at either end.

PARER un cap, to double a cape. See Doubler.

Parer un ancre, to prepare the anchor for letting it go.

Se Parer, to clear for action, to prepare for battle.

PARFUMER un vaisseau, to smoke a ship, and sluice her with vinegar between decks, in order to purify her, and expel the putrified air.

PARQUET, a shot-locker on the deck; also a place where shot are kept on a gun-wharf. See Epitié.

PARTAGER le vent, to share the wind with some other ship, or hold way with her, without gaining or losing ground, or without weathering, or falling to leeward.