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THOMPSON'S COAST PILOT 197 Overhaul, to clear away and disentangle any rope; also to come up with the chase; as, We overhaul her, that is, we gain ground of 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 the ship when she is not piopeny balanced for the purposes of navigation. 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 calked, 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 oat ipbinng Parting, being driven from the anchors, by the breaking of the cable, - Pawl, a short bar of wood or iron fixed close to the capstan or wind- lass 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 y body with pitch, tar, etc., in order to secure it froin 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, 1o move a ship's head to leeward. To peak the nveeen, to put up the mizzen-yard perpendicular by the mast. Peak.--To ride a stay-peak, is when the cable and the fore-stay form a line.--7o ride a short peak, is when the cable is so much in as to destroy the line formed by' the stay-peak.-- 70 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 distin- guish the chief of a squadron. Pitching, the movement of a ship, by which she plunges her head and after part alternately into the hollow of the sea. Point-blank, the direction of a gun when levelled horizontally. Points, a number of plaited ropes made fast to the sails for the pur- pose of reefing. Poop, the highest and aftermost deck of a ship. Pooping, the shock of a high and heavy sea upon the stern and quarter of a ship, when she scuds before the 'wind in a tempest. Port, a name given, on some occasions, to the larboard side of the ship; as, The ship heels to port, Top the yards to port, etc. ; also, a harbor or haven.