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

PLOC, the hair and tar put between the bottom planks of a ship and the sheathing, to fill up the interval, and preserve the bottom from the worms.

PLOCQUER, to apply the sheathing-hair to the ship’s bottom.

PLOMBER un navire, to try whether a ship is upright, or to what side she heels, by a plumb-line and level.

PLONGEUR, a diver, whose employment it is to bring any thing up from the bottom, as spunges, coral, &c.

PLONGER, to duck, or immerse any thing in the water; also to plunge or dive into the water, &c.

PLUMET de pilote, or panon, a feather-vane, or dog-vane.

POGE, ou POUGE, the order to put the helm a-weather, in order to fill the sails, or bear away. This is the language of Provence. See Arrive-tout.

POINT, a ship’s place, as pricked upon a nautical chart.

Point d’une voile, the clew of a sail.

POINTAGE de la carte, the pricking of a course and distance upon the chart, to discover the ship’s place.