Port , v. t. (Naut.) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; -- said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command; as,
port your helm.
Port , n. [Etymology uncertain.]
(Naut.) The larboard or left side of
a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively.
Port , n. [F. port, fr. porter to carry, L. portare, prob. akin to E. fare, v. See
Port harbor, and cf. Comport, Export, Sport.]
The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a
proud port.
Spenser.
And of his port as meek as is a maid.
Chaucer. The necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the
world.
South.
Port , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ported; p. pr. & vb. n. Porting.]
[F.
porter, L. portare
to carry. See Port demeanor.] 1. To carry; to bear; to transport. [Obs.]
They are easily ported by boat into
other shires.
Fuller. 2. (Mil.)
To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock
in front, the right hand grasping the small of
the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the
left shoulder; as, to port arms.
Began to hem him round with ported
spears.
Milton. Port arms, a position in the manual of
arms, executed as above.
Port (?), n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS. porte, fr. L. porta. See Port a harbor, and
cf. Porte.]
1. A passageway; an opening or
entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic]
Him I accuse
The city ports by this hath entered.
Shak. Form their ivory port the cherubim
Forth
issuing.
Milton. 2.
(Naut.) An opening
in the side
of a vessel;
an embrasure through which cannon may be
discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening.
Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water.
Sir W. Raleigh. 3. (Mach.)
A passageway in a machine,
through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve
to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a
valve seat, or valve face.
Air port, Bridle port, etc. See under Air, Bridle, etc. -- Port
bar (Naut.), a bar to secure
the ports of a
ship in a gale. -- Port lid (Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a
vessel. -- Steam port, ∧ Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the ports of the
cylinder communicating with
the valve or valves, for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively.
Port , n. [AS. port, L. portus: cf. F. port. See Farm, v., Ford, and 1st, 3d, & 4h Port.]
1. A place where
ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove;
a harbor; a
haven. Used also
figuratively.
Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads.
Shak. We are in port if we
have Thee.
Keble. 2. In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages.
Free port. See under Free. -- Port bar. (Naut,) (a) A boom. See Boom, 4, also Bar, 3. (b) A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of,
or in, a port. -- Port charges
(Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship
or its cargo is subjected in a harbor. -- Port of entry, a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise. -- Port toll (Law), a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into port. -- Port warden, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master.
Port (?), n. [From Oporto, in Portugal, i. e., &?; porto the port, L.
portus. See Port
harbor.]
A dark red or purple astringent wine made in
Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.
Hear it pronounced