a west-country term for ferry. (_See_ VOYAGE.)

PASSAGE-BOAT. A small vessel employed in carrying persons or luggage
from one port to another. Also, a ferry-boat.

PASSAGE-BROKER. One who is licensed to act in the procuring of passages
by ships from one port to another.

PASSAGE-MONEY. The allowance made for carrying official personages in a
royal ship. Also, the charge made for the conveyance of passengers in a
packet or merchant-vessel.

PASSAGES. Cuts in the parapet of the covered way to continue the
communication throughout.

PASSANDEAU. An ancient 8-pounder gun of 15 feet.

PASSAREE, OR PASSARADO. A rope in use when before the wind with lower
studding-sail booms out, to haul out the clues of the fore-sail to
tail-blocks on the booms, so as to full-spread the foot of that sail.

PASSED. The having undergone a regular examination for preferment.

PASSED BOYS. Those who have gone through the round of instruction given
in a training-ship.

PASSE-VOLANT. A name applied by the French to a _Quaker_ or wooden gun
on board ship; but it was adopted by our early voyagers as also
expressing a movable piece of ordnance.

PASSPORT. _See_ PASS.

PASS-WORD. The countersign for answering the sentinels.

PATACHE. A Portuguese tender, from 200 to 300 tons, for carrying
treasure: well armed and swift.

PATACOON. A Spanish piece of eight, worth 4_s._ 6_d._

PATALLAH. A large and clumsy Indian boat, for baggage, cattle, &c.

PATAMAR. An excellent old class of advice-boats in India, especially on
the Bombay coast, both swift and roomy. They are grab-built, that is,
with a prow-stern, about 76 feet long, 21 feet broad, 11 feet deep, and
200 tons burden. They are navigated with much skill by men of the Mopila
caste and other Mussulmans.

PATAMOMETER. An instrument for measuring the force of currents.

PATAXOS. A small vessel formerly used by the Spaniards as an
advice-boat.

PATCH. The envelope used with the bullet in old rifles.--_Muzzle-patch_
is a projection on the top of the muzzle of some guns, doing away with
the effect of dispart in laying.

PATELLA. The limpet, of which there are 250 known species.

PATERERO. A kind of small mortar sometimes fired for salutes or
rejoicing, especially in Roman Catholic countries on holidays.

PATERNOSTER-WORK. The framing of a chain-pump.

PATH. The trajectory of a shell.

PATOO-PATOO. A formidable weapon with sharp edges, used by the
Polynesian Islanders and New Zealan