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PORT-ROPE, n. A rope to draw up a portlid.
PORT-MOTE, n. Anciently, a court held in a port town. PORTOISE . [See Portlast .]
PORT-MAN, n. [port and man.] An inhabitant or burgess, as of a cinque port.
PORT-HOLE, n. [port and hole.] The embrasure of a ship of war. [See Port .]
PORT-FIRE, n. A composition for setting fire to powder, _c. frequently used in p...
PORT-CRAYON, n. A pencil-case.
PORT-BAR, n. A bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale of wind. Port-charges...
PORT, n. [L. portus, porto, to carry; L. fero; Eng. to bear.] 1. A harbor; a hav...
POR'RINGER, n. 1. A small metal vessel in which children eat porridge or milk, o...
POR'RIDGE-POT, n. The pot in which flesh, or flesh and vegetables are boiled for...
POR'RIDGE,n. [L. farrago, or from porrum, a leek.] A kind of food made by boilin...
POR'RET, n. [L. porrum.] A scallion; a leek or small onion.
PORREC'TION, n. [L. porrectio,porrigo; per or por; Eng. for, fore, and rego; to ...
PORRA'CEOUS, a. [L. porraceus, from porrum, a leek or onion.] Greenish; resembli...
POR'PITE POR'PITES, n. The hair-button-stone, a small species of fossil coral of...
PORPHYRY-SHELL, n. An animal or shell of the genus Murex. It is of the snail kin...