Category:Portage

Port"age (48), n. Etym: [from 2d port.] (naut.) (a) a sailor's wages when in port. (b) the amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.

Portage Port"age, n. Etym: [3d port.]

Defn: a porthole. [obs.] Shak.

Portage Por"tage, n. Etym: [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.

Portage Por"tage, v. t. & i.

Defn: to carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable Waters.