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Zoöl.), the frigate bird. -- Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war. -- Portuguese man-of-war (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Physalia. See Physalia.

A Portuguese money of account rated in the treasury department of the United States at one dollar and eight cents; also, a Brazilian money of account rated at fifty-four cents and six mills.

A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling.

the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and ñ; in Portuguese, lh and nh.

A Christian priest or monk; -- used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America.

A tender to a fleet, formerly used for conveying men, orders, or treasure. [Spain & Portugal]

A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.

tion between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindoostanee. Johnson's Cyc. -- Pigeon grass (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass (Setaria glauca), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds. -- Pigeon hawk. (Zoöl.) (a) A small Amer…

A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.

A Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling. [Obs.] [Written also portegue and portigue.] Ten thousand portagues, besides great pearls. Marlowe.

Of or pertaining to Portugal; Portuguese. [Obs.] -- n.

To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope. To pull apart, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope will pull apart. -- To pull up, to draw the reins; to stop; to halt. To pull through, to come successfully to the end of a difficult undertaking, a dangerous sickness,…

A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent. [Spelt also ree.]

The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.

Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Jews (the Sephardim, also called Spanish or Portuguese Jews) descended from Jewish families driven from Spain by the Inquisition.

Jews who are descendants of the former Jews of Spain and Portugal. They are as a rule darker than the northern Jews, and have more delicate features.

To push; to tug; to tow. [Obs.] Drayton.

oaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighboring farm to tug them out of the slough. Macaulay.

A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents. Homans.