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PORTOISE, n. The gunwale of a ship. To lower the yards a portlast, is to lower t...
PORTRAIT, n. [Eng. to portray; pour; for, fore, and traire; L. trahere; Eng. to ...
PORTRAITURE, n. A portrait; painted resemblance.
PORTRA'Y, v.t. 1. To paint or draw the likeness of any thing in colors; as, to p...
PORTRA'YED, pp. Painted or drawn to the life; described.
PORTRA'YER, n. One who paints, draws to the life or describes.
PORTRA'YING, ppr. Painting or drawing the likeness of; describing.
PORTREEVE, n. [L. portus, a port.] Formerly, the chief magistrate of a port or m...
PORTRESS PORTREVE, n. [The modern orthography of portgreve, which see.] The chie...
POR'WIGLE, n. A tadpole; a young frog. [Not used.]
PORY, a. [from pore.] Full of pores or small interstices.
POSE, n. s as z. [See The Verb.] In heraldry, a lion, horse or other beast stand...
PO'SED, pp. Puzzled; put to a stand; interrogated closely.
PO'SER, n. One that puzzles by asking difficult questions; a close examiner.
PO'SING, ppr. Puzzling; putting to a stand; questioning closely.
POS'ITED, a. [L. positus, from pono, to put; probably however, pono is a differe...