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Portage
Pronunciation : Port"age (; 48)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From 2d Port.] (Naut.) (a) A sailor's wages when in port. (b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Port"age
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [3d Port.]
Definition : Defn: A porthole. [Obs.] Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Por"tage
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., from porter to carry. See Port to carry.]
Definition : 1. The act of carrying or transporting.
2. The price of carriage; porterage. Bp. Fell.
3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Por"tage
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.
t. & i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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