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Webster 1913 Edition

Portage

Port′age

(?; 48)
,
Noun.
[From 2d
Port
.]
(Naut.)
(a)
A sailor’s wages when in port.
(b)
The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.

Port′age

,
Noun.
[3d
Port
.]
A porthole.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Por′tage

,
Noun.
[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
.

Por′tage

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.

Webster 1828 Edition

Portage

PORTAGE

,
Noun.
The act of carrying.
1.
The price of carriage.
2.
A port-hole. [Unusual.]
3.
A carrying place over land between navigable waters.

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