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- English Word Port Definition To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as, to port arms.
- English Word Port Definition The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port.
- English Word Port Definition The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively.
- English Word Port Definition To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; -- said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command; as, port your helm.
- English Word Port-royalist Definition One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist.
- English Word Porta Definition The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.
- English Word Porta Definition The foramen of Monro.
- English Word Portability Definition The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried.
- English Word Portable Definition Capable of being borne or carried; easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed, desk, engine.
- English Word Portable Definition Possible to be endured; supportable.
- English Word Portableness Definition The quality or state of being portable; portability.
- English Word Portace Definition See Portass.
- English Word Portae Definition of Porta
- English Word Portage Definition A sailor's wages when in port.
- English Word Portage Definition The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
- English Word Portage Definition A porthole.
- English Word Portage Definition The act of carrying or transporting.
- English Word Portage Definition The price of carriage; porterage.
- English Word Portage Definition Capacity for carrying; tonnage.
- English Word Portage Definition A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.