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THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT. 161 Open hawse, when the cables of a ship at her moorings lead straight to their respective anchors, without crossing, she is said to ride with an open hanse. Orlop, the 'ak on which the cables are stowed. Overboard, out of a ship; as, He fell overboard, meaning he fell out of, or from the ship. Overgrown sea, is expressed of the ocean when the surges and billows rise extremely high. Overhaul, to clear away and disentangle any rope; also, to come up with the chase; as, We overhaul her, that is, we gain ground on her. Over-rake, when a ship at anchor is exposed to a head sea, the waves of which break in upon her, the waves are said to over-rake her. Overset, a ship is overset when her keel turns upwards. Out of trim, the state of a ship when she is not properly balanced for the purposes of navigation. a PARCEL A ROPE, is to put a quantity of old canvas upon it before the service is put on. Parcel a seam, is to lay a narrow piece of canvas over it after it is caulked, before it is payed. Parliament heel, the situation of a ship when she is made to stoop a little | to one side, so as to clean the upper part of her bottom on the other side. See Boot-topping, Parting, being driven foes the anchors, by the breaking of the cable. Paul, a short bar of wood or iron fixed close to the capstan or windlass of a ship, to prevent those engines from rolling back, or giving way, when they are charged with any great effort. To pawl the capstan, to fix the pawls so as to prevent the capstan from recoiling during any pause of heaving. To pay, to daub or cover the surface of any body with pitch, tar, ete., .in order to secure it from the injuries of the weather. To pay away, or pay out, to slacken a cable or other rope, so as to let it run out for some particular purpose. To pay off, to move a ship's head to leeward. To peak the mizzen, to put up the mizzen-yard perpendicular by the mast. Peak. To-ridea stay-peak, is when the cable and the fore-stay form a line. To ride a short peak, is when the cable is so much in as to destroy the line formed by the stay-peak. To ride with the yards a-peak, is to have them topped up by contrary lifts, so as to represent St. Andrew's cross. Pennant, the long narrow flag worn at the mast-head by all ships of the navy. Brace pennants are those ropes which secure the brace-blocks to the yard-arms, and are in general double, so that, in case of one being shot away, the other may secure the yard in its proper position. Broad pennant, a broad flag, terminating in a point, used to distinguish the chief of a squadron. mae