Defn: See Portass. [Obs.]
PORTAGE Port"age (; 48), n. Etym: [From 2d Port.] (Naut.) (a) A sailor's wages when in port. (b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
PORTAGE
Port"age, n. Etym: [3d Port.]
Defn: A porthole. [Obs.] Shak.
PORTAGE
Por"tage, n. Etym: [F., from porter to carry. See Port to carry.]
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.
PORTAGE
Por"tage, v. t. & i.