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P PACKET or PACKET-BOAT to PARSLING PACKET or PACKET-BOAT PADDLE PAINTER PALM PANCH PARBUCKLE PARCELING PARLIAMENT-HEEL PARREL PARSLING PARTING to PAYING-OFF PAYING-OUT, or PAYING-AWAY to PILOT PIN of a block to PLANKING PLAT to POLE-MAST Under bare POLES to PRAM or PRAME PRATIC to PROP PROTEST to PURSER Search Contact us
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PALMPALM, (paumet, Fr.) an implement used instead of a thimble in the exercise of making and mending sails. It is formed of a piece of leather or canvas, on the middle of which is fixed a round plate of iron, of an inch in diameter, whole surface is pierced with a number of small holes, to catch the head of the sail-needle. The leather is formed so as to encircle the hand, and button on the back thereof, while the iron remains in the palm; so that the whole strength of the hand may be exerted to thrust the needle through the canvas, when it is stiff and difficult to be penetrated in sewing.
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