Webster's Dictionary 1913

6535

Portman

Port″man (?), n.; pl.Portmen (�). An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports.

6536

Portmanteau

Port‐man″teau (?), n.; pl.Portmanteaus (#). [F. porte-manteau; porter to carry + manteau a cloak, mantle. See Port to carry, and Mantle.] A bag or case, usually of leather, for ...

6537

Portmantle

Port‐man″tle (?), n. A portmanteau.

6538

Portmote

Port″mote′ (?), n. In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town. Blackstone.

6539

Portoir

Por″toir (?), n. [OF., fr. porter to bear.] One who, or that which, bears; hence, one who, or that which, produces.Branches... which were portoirs, and bare grapes. Holland.

6540

Portoise

Por″toise (?), n. [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative, portable.] (Naut.) The gunwale of a ship.To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower them to the gunwale. — To ride a portoise,...

6541

Portos

Por″tos (?), n. See Portass.

6542

Portpane

Port″pane (?), n. [From L. portare to carry + panis bread; prob. through French.] A cloth for carrying bread, so as not to touch it with the hands.

6543

Portrait

Por″trait (?), n. [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See Portray.] 1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human ...

6544

Portrait (2)

Por″trait, v. t. To portray; to draw. Spenser.

6545

Portraitist

Por″trait‐ist, n. A portrait painter. Hamerton.

6546

Portraiture

Por″trai‐ture (?; 135), n. [F. portraiture.] 1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.For, by the image of my cau...

6547

Portraiture (2)

Por″trai‐ture, v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray. Shaftesbury.

6548

Portray

Por‐tray″ (?), v. t. [Written also pourtray.] [imp. & p. p.portrayed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Portraying.] [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere...

6549

Portrayal

Por‐tray″al (?), n. The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

6550

Portrayer

Por‐tray″er (?), n. One who portrays. Chaucer.

6551

Portreeve

Port″reeve′ (?), n. A port warden.

6552

Portress

Por″tress (?), n. A female porter. Milton.

6553

Portsale

Port″sale′ (?), n. [Port gate + sale.] Public or open sale; auction. Holland.

6554

Portuary

Por″tu‐a‐ry (?; 135), n. [Cf. Portass.] (R. C. Ch.) A breviary.

6555

Portuguese

Por″tu‐guese (?), a. [Cf. F. portugais, Sp. portugues, Pg. portuguez.] Of or pertaining to Portugal, or its inhabitants. — n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Portugal; peo...

6556

Portulaca

‖Por′tu‐la″ca (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of polypetalous plants; also, any plant of the genus.☞ Portulaca oleracea is the common purslane. P. grandiflora is a South American herb, wi...

6557

Portulacaceous

Por′tu‐la‐ca″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceæ), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Clayton...

6558

Porwigle

Por″wi′gle (?), n. See Polliwig.

6559

Pory

Por″y (?), a. Porous; as, pory stone. Dryden.

6560

Posé

‖Po′sé″ (?), a.(Her.) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; — said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

6561

Pose

Pose (?), n. [AS. gepose; of uncertain origin; cf. W. pas a cough, Skr. kās to cough, and E. wheeze.] A cold in the head; catarrh. Chaucer.