Webster's Dictionary 1913

6481

Portage (4)

Por″tage (?), v. t. & i. To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.

6482

Portage group

Por″tage group′ (?). [So called from the township of Portage in New York.] (Geol.) A subdivision of the Chemung period in American geology. See Chart of Geology.

6483

Portague

Por″ta‐gue (?), n. [See Portuguese.] A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling. [...

6484

Portal

Por″tal (?), n. [OF. portal, F. portail, LL. portale, fr. L. porta a gate. See Port a gate.] 1. A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand an...

6485

Portal (2)

Por″tal (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the porta, and divides into capillaries aft...

6486

Portamento

‖Por′ta‐men″to (?), n. [It., fr. portare to carry.] (Mus.) In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note ...

6487

Portance

Por″tance (?), n. See Port, carriage, demeanor. Spenser. Shak.

6488

Portass

Por″tass (?), n. [OF. porte-hors a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL. portiforium.] A breviary; a prayer book. [Written variously portace, portasse, por...

6489

Portate

Por″tate (?), a. [L. portatus, p. p. of portare to carry.] (Her.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.

6490

Portative

Por″ta‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. portatif.] 1. Portable.2. (Physics) Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of a magnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity.

6491

Portcluse

Port″cluse (?), n. A portcullis.

6492

Portcrayon

Port′cray″on (?), n. [F. porte-crayon; porter to carry + crayon a crayon.] A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon.

6493

Portcullis

Port‐cul″lis (?), n. [OF. porte coulisse, coleïce, a sliding door, fr. L. colare, colatum, to filter, to strain: cf. F. couler to glide. See Port a gate, and cf. Cullis, Colande...

6494

Portcullis (2)

Port‐cul″lis, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Portcullised (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Portcullising.] To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar. Shak.

6495

Porte

Porte (?), n. [F. porte a gate, L. porta. See Port a gate.] The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of...

6496

Porte-cochère

‖Porte″–co′chère″ (?), n. [F. See Port a gate, and Coach.] (Arch.) A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door ...

6497

Ported

Port″ed (?), a. Having gates.We took the sevenfold-ported Thebes. Chapman.

6498

Portegue

Por″te‐gue (?), n. See Portague.

6499

Portemonnaie

Porte″mon‐naie′ (?), n. [F., fr. porter to carry + monnaie money.] A small pocketbook or wallet for carrying money.

6500

Portend

Por‐tend″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Portended; p. pr. & vb. n.Portending.] [L. portendre, portentum, to foretell, to predict, to impend, from an old preposition used in comp. + te...

6501

Portension

Por‐ten″sion (?), n. The act of foreshowing; foreboding. Sir T. Browne.

6502

Portent

Por‐tent″ (?; 277), n. [L. portentum. See Portend.] That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. Shak.My loss b...

6503

Portentive

Por‐tent″ive (?), a. Presaging; foreshadowing.

6504

Portentous

Por‐tent″ous (?), a. [L. portentosus.] 1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.For, I believe, they are portentous thi...

6505

Porter

Por″ter (?), n. [F. portier, L. portarius, from porta a gate, door. See Port a gate.] A man who has charge of a door or gate; a doorkeeper; one who waits at the door to receive ...

6506

Porter (2)

Por″ter, n. [F. porteur, fr. porter to carry, L. portare. See Port to carry.] 1. A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire.2. (Forging) A bar of iro...

6507

Porterage

Por″ter‐age (?), n. 1. The work of a porter; the occupation of a carrier or of a doorkeeper.2. Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.