Editing Glossary of patience terms (section)

== P ==
; {{anchor|pack|packing|card pack}} pack
#  To pack is to place cards in [[#sequence|sequence]] in an intermediate location, usually the [[#tableau|tableau]], until they can be placed on the [[#foundation|foundations]].<ref name=Arnold/>
#  A pack (also deck) is the set of cards in hand which are being dealt<ref name=Dick/> at the outset of the game. Normally 52 cards or a multiple thereof. However some patiences are played with a [[Piquet pack]] or Euchre pack of 32 cards.<ref name=Cheney/>

; {{anchor|packet}} packet
: A [[#squared|squared up]] [[#pile|pile]] of cards dealt at the start of a game. Sometimes dealt such that the top card is [[#face up|face up]] and [[#available|available]] while the ones [[#beneath|beneath]] are [[#face down|face down]].<ref name=Parlett/>

; {{anchor|pair}} pair
# Two cards of the same rank.<ref name=Arnold/>
# To combine two cards, either of the same rank or which total a given value e.g. 13, in order to discard or move them.

; {{anchor|pass}} pass
: A succession of [[#deal|deals]] that runs through the entire [[#stock|stock]] once. Some games allow several passes through the stock; others restrict it to one pass. If the game is not [[#out|out]] within the required number of passes, it is lost.

; {{anchor|patience}} patience
: The name of a type of card game, usually for one player, in Britain and many other countries.<ref name=Jackson/>

; {{anchor|peeking}} peeking
: Looking at the next card in the [[#stock|stock]] before deciding on the next [[#play|play]].<ref>Morehead & Mott-Smith (1950), p. 32.</ref>

; {{anchor|pile}} pile
: A stack of cards one on top of the other and [[#squared|squared]] such that only the [[#topmost card|topmost card]], whether [[#face up|face up]] or [[#face down|face down]] is visible.<ref name=Jackson/>

; {{anchor|pips}} pips
: The spots on the cards; that is, the figures of clubs, diamonds, etc.<ref name=Cheney>Cheney (1869), pp. 113 ff.</ref>

; {{anchor|play}} play (a card, cards)
: To place (a card) on the [[#foundation|foundations]] in contradistinction to placing them elsewhere.<ref name=Cadogan/> To take up and use it in the game for [[#build|building]], [[#packing|packing]] or filling a [[#space|space]] as opposed to discarding it to a [[#wastepile|wastepile]].<ref name=Jackson/><ref name=Parlett/>

; {{anchor|privilege}} privilege
: See [[#grace|grace]].