PORTERESS
Por"ter*ess, n.
Defn: See Portress.
PORTERHOUSE
Por"ter*house, n.
Defn: A house where porter is sold. Porterhouse steak, a steak cut from a sirloin of beet, including the upper and under part.
PORTESSE
Por"tesse, n.
Defn: See Porteass. [Obs.] Tyndale.
PORTFIRE
Port"fire`, n.
Defn: A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and mealed powder, — used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells.
PORTFOLIO Port*fol"io, n. Etym: [F. portefeuille; porter to carry + feuille a leaf. See Port to carry, and Folio.]
1. A portable case for holding loose papers, prints, drawings, etc.