Defn: Extended horizontally; stretched out.
PORRECTION
Por*rec"tion, n. Etym: [L. porrectio: cf. F. porrection.]
Defn: The act of stretching forth.
PORRET
Por"ret, n. Etym: [F. porrette, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See
Porraceous.]
Defn: A scallion; a leek or small onion. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
PORRIDGE Por"ridge, n. Etym: [Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh. influenced by OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porrée, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See Pottage, and cf. Porringer.]
Defn: A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc.
PORRINGER Por"rin*ger, n. Etym: [OE. pottanger, for pottager; cf. F. potager a soup basin. See Porridge.]
Defn: A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.
PORT
Port, n. Etym: [From Oporto, in Portugal, i. e., the port, L. portus.
See Port harbor.]