PORTAGE

n. v.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A sailor's wages when in port.

2.
n.

The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.

3.
n.

A porthole. [Obs.] Shak.

4.
n.

The act of carrying or transporting.

5.
n.

The price of carriage; porterage. Bp. Fell.

6.
n.

Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] Hakluyt.

7.
n.

A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.

8.
v.

To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.


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