A parasol was a canopy designed to protect against rain or sunlight. While making a distraction during the cursed crew's surprise attack on the Dauntless, Pintel and Ragetti used parasols to hide their cursed appearances.
"Parley. I invoke the right of parley. According to the Code of the Brethren, set down by the pirates Morgan and Bartholomew, you have to take me to your captain."
A term used to attempt to negotiate a conflict rather than fight. According to the Pirate Code, when under Parley, an enemy cannot be harmed until the Parley is completed and the person returned to place of origin. From the French verb parlez (to speak).
Parliament[]
"Impressed ye be by the captain's cabin? And wondering ye be how he came about such elegant trinkets? Ha, ha, ha! I be telling ye. Called upon the Governor of Jamaica, he did, like a ruddy member of Parliament, and sweet-talked that wretched soul into..."
"Good evenin', Mr. Robby." "So how are our passengers doing?" "Mr. Tarek, he be doing pretty much fine, but Miss Ayisha, she lookin' pretty peaky. Didn't want no food. I got her settled in her bunk, and she finaly fall asleep."
A person who is travelling in a carriage or a ship, but is not driving it or working on it.
Pawn[]
"I have no choice in these events. But I am curious -- what do you tell yourself? What reason can you find in your heart -- to be a pawn?" "Is that your opinion? You think I am a pawn." "I expect Governor Swann would agree."
The most numerous and weakest piece in the game of chess. Also a slang term for a person controlled by others.
Peanut[]
Jack Sparrow's hallucination discovers a peanut.
The peanut, or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea), is a species in the legume or "bean" family (Fabaceae).
Pearl[]
Jack Sparrow festooned with strands of pearls.
"The Wicked Wench is like your pearl of great price." "Pearl?" "It's from the Bible, Jack. A parable Jesus told his disciples, about a merchant who saw a perfect pearl, the most wonderful, beautiful one in the whole world, but very costly. The merchant had to have this thing that was so perfect, so he sold everything he had so he could possess it."
A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusc. The finest quality natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries, and because of this, the word pearl has become a metaphor for something very rare, fine, admirable, and valuable.
A peg leg is a wooden leg, usually tapered, strapped onto the stump of an amputated leg. Several individuals, some mainly being pirates, wore peg legs. Hector Barbossa had lost his right leg and begun wearing a peg leg prior to becoming a privateer.
A penny is a coin (pl. pennies) or a type of currency (pl. pence) used in the British Empire. It is often the smallest denomination within a currency system.
A woman's light, loose undergarment hanging from the shoulders or the waist, worn under a skirt or dress.
Petty officer[]
A senior non-commissioned officer rank, positioned above able seaman but below a commissioned officer of lower rank (a second lieutenant or ensign). Maddox was a notable petty officer aboard the Monarch.[1]
Pie[]
A baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry.
"A piece of eight. Nine of them, you say?" "Our new friend in Singapore was very specific, sir. Nine pieces of eight." "What's the significance of that, I wonder?"
Any of several mammals of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated farm animal Sus scrofa. It can also refer to a nasty or disgusting person; a dirty or slovenly person.
Pilotage[]
"Port tariffs, berthing fees, wharf handling, and Heaven help us, pilotage!"
A mark of a pirate; a punishment for many crimes. Jack Sparrow was forever branded a pirate after refusing to transport slaves for the East India Trading Company.
Pirate hunter[]
"Shackles was a pirate hunter before he turned his sights to renegades and insurrectionists."
To take booty; rob. Anything that could be stolen to be sold on at a profit.[9]
Poison[]
A substance that causes injury, illness, or death.
Popinjay[]
"Borya gave up the second rogue that Davy Jones spoke of? The one he said was here in Shipwreck Cove? Who...who was it?" "Turns out it was that popinjay, styles himself de Rapièr."
A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers; also used to name the town or city containing such a place, for example Port Royal.[12]
The nautical term of the left-hand side of a vessel.
The pound sterling, commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the Great Britain and the British Empire. It is subdivided into 100 pence (singular: penny).
Powder magazine[]
The gunpowder storage area aboard a ship. If the powder magazine caught fire, the ship would be destroyed in the resulting explosion, and so it was generally kept in the lowest and most interior part of the ship to keep it safe from enemy fire.
Powder monkey[]
"Before I was ’pressed by our estimable Royal Navy to be a powder monkey, I used to ride the horses on my father’s farm."
Slang for a person deemed worthless and contemptible; literally to be infected with a pox. [2]
Prayer[]
"When the mast came down... I knew that I would die. As I lay here, I prayed to my god... Apedemak. In answer... to my prayer... he granted me a vision. He promised me... he would send... send me... a good man. And then... I saw... your face... in my vision."
"Marie is with child. It is no wonder she goes from laughter to tears by the moment. From what I have heard, that often happens." "She's going to have a baby?" "Yes, isn't that wonderful? Steve will be so happy when he finds out."
A male member of a royal family, usually a son of the king. The female equivalent of the title is princess.
Prison[]
"So where has he been keeping himself?" "I asked him, but he wouldn’t say. Prison? That doesn’t seem likely, all these years. And it’s not as though they lock us up."
A facility in which people are physically confined and deprived of a range of personal freedoms, generally as a form of punishment that has been forcibly imposed upon them by the state.
A term used in admiralty law to refer to equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict. The most common use of prize in this sense is the capture of an enemy ship and her cargo as a prize of war. The capturing force would commonly be allotted a share of the worth of the captured prize. Nations often granted letters of marque that would entitle private parties to capture enemy property, usually ships. Once the ship was secured on friendly territory, she would be made the subject of a prize case, an in rem proceeding in which the court determined the status of the condemned property and the manner in which the property was to be disposed of.
Professor[]
A teacher and scholar who holds an academic appointment at a college or university.
Prostitute[]
Prostitutes were women who provided sexual services in return for payment.
Protégé[]
"Go! Survey the damage! And then storm the Misty Lady and retrieve for me that lowlife, Captain Teague, and his pint-sized protégé."
The manifestation of divine care or direction. [3]
Prophecy[]
"There is a prophecy. Maybe you don't believe in the supernatural." "Oh, no, no. I've seen a thing or two." "The prophecy is this: Blackbeard will meet his death, within a fortnight, at the hands of a one-legged man. That's why he needs the Fountain, Jack."
A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration. The Quartermaster of the Queen Anne's Revenge was known to have the ability to see things before they happen, after being zombiefied, thereby making prophecies. He prophesied Blackbeard's death at the hands of a one-legged man.
Prudence[]
"Men. What say ye to a course change? Prudence suggests we make way for the island of Tortuga!"
The ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason.
Pub[]
A tavern, which was essentially the same as a pub
A public house, where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and drunk. Many pubs also provide food and/or entertainment. Notable pubs included the Captain's Daughter in London.[13] Pubs were sometimes referred to as taverns.
Punishment[]
"Never thought Jack the type to be afraid of dying." "Aye, but with Jones, it ain't about the dying—it's about the punishment. Think of the worst fate you can conjure for yourself, stretching on forever...and that's what awaits you in Davy Jones's Locker."
A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime. A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution. Any treatment or experience so harsh it feels like being punished. Those who go to Davy Jones' Locker have to deal with punishment that stretches on forever.
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