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Webster 1913 Edition

Portass

Por′tass

,

Noun.

[OF.

porte-hors

a kind of prayer book, so called from being portable; cf. LL.

portiforium

.]

A breviary; a prayer book.

[Written variously

portace

,

portasse

,

portesse

,

portise

,

porthose

,

portos

,

portus

,

portuse

, etc.]

[Obs.]

Spenser. Camden.

By God and by this

porthors

I you swear.

Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Portass

PORTASS

,

Noun.

A breviary; a prayer book. [portuis, porthose.]

[Not used.]