porterage 
porterage 2 (por'tor-ftj), H. [(.porter*, q. v., 4- porticust (por'ti-kus), w. [L.: see portico, 
-"</<. 1 1. Carrying ; carriage ; transportation ; porch.] A portico. [Rare.] 
Dorters' work. Till the whole tree become a mrUeia. 
My mother used to take me with her to help with the ' <*ed arbor. B. Jonson, Septune .Triumph 
porterage of her purchases. Academy, No. 878, p. 142. portiere (por-tiar'), n. [F., a door-curtain, < 
A great deal of the porterage ot Lisbon is done by women porte, door: see por ft, n.] A curtain hung at 
and girls, who also do most of the unloading of the light- a doorway, or entrance to a room, either with 
era on the quays. Uarper's May., LXXvn. 888. ^ door or fa replace it, to intercept the view 
2. The cost of carrying; money charged for O r currents of air, etc., when the door is opened, 
porters' sen-ices. or for mere decoration. 
Perpetually grumbling at the expense of postage and portifoiium (por-ti-fo'ri-um), . ; pi. portiforia 
porterage. Fortnightly Km., N. 8., XLIII. 855. , &) fML. : see or<**.] In the medieval 
portmanteau 
Intended ai a permanent provision. = 8TH. 2. Share, Ihri- 
xin, etc. See part, 
portion (por shon), r. t. [= F. portionner, por- 
tion ; from the" noun. Cf. apportion, propor- 
tion, t.] 1. To divide or distribute into por- 
tions or shares ; parcel ; allot in shares. 
Where my Ulysses and his race might reign, 
And portion to his tribes the wide domain. 
Fenton, In Pope's Odyssey, IT. 288. 
2. To endow with a portion or an inheritance. 
Him portion 'd maids, apprenticed orphans bless'd. 
The young who labour, and the old who rest. 
Pope, Moral Essays, 111. 267. 
which porter, ale, and other malt liquors are ^ _,,_ 
retailed; an ale-house; also, such a nouse at portify (por'ti-fl), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
which steaks, chops, etc., are served up; a p-pr. portifying. [< portf + -i-fy ; in et 
chop-house Porter-bouse steak, a beefsteak con- 
sisting of a choice cut of the beef between the sirloin and 
the tenderloin, the latter being the under cut : It la sup- 
posed to derive Its name from a well-known porter-house 
in New York, where this particular cut of the meat was 
llrst introduced. [U. 8.1 
porterly (por'ter-li), a. [< porter* +_ -Jt/i.l 
Like a porter; hence, coarse; vulgar. [Kare.] 
etc. Seeportow. 
). portified, 
ying. \_<. port* -r- -i-Jy; in allusion to 
tfie saying, "Claret would be port if it could."] 
To give (one's self) more value or importance 
than belongs to one. [Humorous and rare.] 
< OF. portionnier"= Pg. portionario, < ML. por- 
tioiiiiriiix, a portioner, < L. portto(n-), a portion : 
see portion. J 1 . One who divides or assigns in 
shares. 2. In IScots late: (a) The proprietor 
of a small feu or portion of land, (ft) The sub- 
tenant of a feu; an under-feuar. 3. Eceles., a 
I grant you that in this scheme of life there does enter person in part possession of a benefice which is 
'ersollttlehypocrisy, that this claret Is loaded, as it were; occupied by" 
but your desire to parttfy yourself Is amiable, is pardon- 
able, is perhaps honourable. 
more than one incumbent at a time. 
Heirs portioners, two or more females who succeed 
Jointly to a heritable estate In default of heirs male. 
Ttiepartrrly language of swearing and obscenity. 
I*. Bray, Essay on Knowledge (1697), Pref. (Latham.) 
portesset, . Same as portans. 
.4. f*,~^ j .... ..i ''.... i M Tl... flo 
Obsolete forms of Portugal. 
able, is perhaps honourable. Jointly to a heritable estate In default of heirs male. 
Thackeray, Roundabout Papers, Small-Beer Chron. po rti one8) . Plural of portio. 
portiguet. n. Same as portugue. portionist (por'shon-ist), . [= OF. portionixte 
Portingalt, Portingallt(p6r'ting-gal),rt.andM. _ Sp. Pg. porcionista ; as portion + -int.'] 1. 
rtiones (por-shi-6'- 
Eccles., same as portioner, 3. 2. In Merton 
inder. and upon which a slide-valve works. 
See talre-Kcat and slide-calve. 
port-flre(port'fir), n. [<i>orP,t\,+ obj.Jire; tr. 
F. porte-feu.] A kind of slow-match or match- 
- College, Oxford, same as postmaster, 3. 
anat., a part, por- portionless (por'shon-les), o. [< portion + -lesx.] 
ocaUa. short muscular Ha vinguo portion or share; specifically, having 
fibers attached in front to the vocal cord, and behind to no dowry as, a portionlesi maid, 
the rocal process of the arytenoid.- Portio axlllarls, p rt To-Won &a See fiff2, 1. 
thti second D&.rt of tlit* nxilliirv urtcrv ' tlit' p'irt t n'liii nl the ^ ^* <*^.nvovn n&. ' v*j j*y 
peetoralis inlnor.-Portlo brachiails, the third part of Portland arrowroot. See arrotrroot and Arum. 
the axillary artery; the part below the pectoralls minor. Portland beds. See Portland t/tone, under stone. 
*. - - , . ,. , j.-ii-.. me axillary unory me pun ueiow uie peci/unui minor, jron/ianu DcUa. DW 
cord formerly used to discharge artillery. _ Portlo cervlcalis, the third division of the subclavlan Portland cement 
D..t -o /.llnnor nlnrwra fnr <-llttil]l7 ntf the ends of _ _. __ WTlii - ZTTI -. tv. ,! Timlin irOrtiaua (.eUlCUIl. 
cora lormeny u ""i'~ -Portio cerrtcalis, the third division of the sulwlavlan Pnrtlanrl ppmpnt See cement 
Port-flre clipper, nippers for cutting off the ends of ^"iportlo dura of the seventh nerve of Willis prandial ; !rt liTu'df an) f< Portland 
the facial ne,ve.-Portlo Inter duram et mollem.of Portlandian^port- ^d.^an),^ 
land, + -ion.] Same as Portland beds. See 
Portland stone, under atone. 
Portland moth. A British noctuid moth, A gro- 
minor trigemini, the motor root of the trifaclaL Por- tis priecoj:. 
port-flange (port'ttanj), n. A wooden or me- 
tallic batten fitted on a ship's side over a port 
to keep out water. 
portfolio (port-fo'lio), H. [< Sp. portafoUo = It . 
portfifoglio = F. portefeiiille, a case for carrying 
papers, etc.; < L. portiire, carry, + folium, a loaf: 
see port'* and/ofio.] 1. A movable receptacle 
for detached papers or prints, usually m the 
form of a complete book-cover with a flexi- 
ble back, and fastened with strings or clasps. 
K. H. Knight. 
I sat down, and turned over two large portfolios of politi- 
cal caricatures. Macaula;/, In Trevelynn, I. 2Ui>. 
2. Figuratively, the office of a minister of state : 
, . 
wrtsberg, the pare intermedia Wrisbergil. - Portio In- 
termedia. (a) same as pan intermedia (which see, under 
**"> 6 ). 6 m ' ddle P art , of * U " whict l 
supravaglnal division of the cervix ut*rt-7ortlo iho- yard, 1. 
raclca, the first part of the axillary artery; the part above portlast (port'last), n. [< port*, V., + lasft 
the pectoralis ininor.-Portlo vaRlnalls, that part of the ^ gu nwale of a ship. > Also called portoise. 
cervix uteri which is free within the vagina. "v {*, -./,-j> r c J-J 
uirf.inn Ci.m-'lmn V . f( ME. ,,rrinun. itnrriOH. POrt-llfl (port IU1, n. Bee lia. 
n),. tOlE.ixircioun, portion, pon;-llQ c 
x'rtie L G. Sw. Dan. portion, < port^lifter (port'lif'ttr), n. A contrivance for 
OF. fartion, portion, F. portion = Sf/;orcio ra j?, ln g and 1 . w f e " n K h . eavv P: 18 "? 8h 'P 8 - 
r.' ."I* ix : .._._.._ , T .ij.-i/.. \ - r>rt.linaa (nort'h-nes). n. The character or 
as, he holds the portfolio of education (that is, _ p g . p O rc,o = It. por:ione, < L. portio(n-), a portliness (port li-nes), w. 
he has charge of the documents, etc., connected 8 hart>, part, portion, relation, proportion, akin 8tate of wing PJ 1 "*, 1 ^ ln F 
with that department); he has received the port- to nar(t-)s, part : see part. Cf. proportion.] 1. or person ; dignifled beann 
^_ i . . i T _,i ' ,! i. __^ __ _ a t> *i tinno 
folio of the home department. 
portglavet, portglaivet (port'glav), n. [< F. 
l>ortc-gltiirc, < porter, carrv, + glaire, sword: 
see por ft and glare.'] 1. An attendant or re- 
tainer armed with a glave. Hence 2. A sub- 
ordinate officer of the law, whose badge of of- 
fice was the glave. Compare hitllxrilier, 2. 
portgravet (port'grav), . [Also portgreve ; < 
ME. 'portgrere (not found) ; cf . AS. portgerefa 
(> E. portreeve) = Icel. portqreifi, a portreeve: 
nee portreere and grave 6 .] Same as portreeve. 
His Ordinances were chiefly for the Meridian of London ; 
for where before his Time the ( 'ity was format liy Port- 
i/rara, this King I Kit-hard I.) granted them to be governed 
by two Sheriffs and a Mayor. Baker, Chronicles, p. 66. 
port-hole (port'hol), . 1. An aperture in a 
ship's side, especially one of the apertures 
through which the guns are protruded and fired. 
2. In steam-engines, one of the steam-pas- 
sages into or from the cylinder. See port*, 4. 
port-hook (port'huk), n. One of the nooks in 
the side of a ship to which the hinges of a port- 
lid are hooked. 
porthorst, . Same as por tags. 
portico (por'ti-ko), .; pi. portifo.; or porticoex 
(-koz). [< It. portico = Sp. portico = Pg. portico 
= F. portit/iie, < L. porticus, a porch, portico : see 
porrh.~\ In arch., a structure consisting essen- 
tially of a roof supported on at least one side 
by columns, sometimes detached, as a shady 
w'alk, or place of assemblage, but generally, in 
modern usage, a porch or an open vestibule 
at the entrance of a building; a colonnade, 
rortlcos are called tetrastyle, hexastyle, octastyle, deca- 
stjle, etc., according as they have four, six, eight, ten, or 
more columns In front : in classical examples they are 
also distinguished as prostyle or In antls, according as 
they project before the buiMingor are Inclosed between Its 
side walls prolonged. Philosopher* of the Portico, 
the Stoics. See ft* Parek (under parch), and cuts under 
oetojtyfe and pantheon. 
porticoed (por'ti-kod). a. |< ;>oc(iVo + -P.] 
Having :i |mrtico or port i 
A part of a whole, whether separated from it, 
or considered by itself though not actually sepa- 
rated. 
These are parts of hU ways : but how little a portion Is 
heard of him ~i Job xxvL 14. 
Some other portions of Scripture were read, upon emer- 
gent occasions. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), IL 258. 
2. A part assigned or contributed; a share; an 
allowance or allotment; hence, a helping at 
table. 
Andjlf . . . henehathnonjtofhlsowenetohelpehym- 
self withe, that the brrtheren helpe hym, eche man to a 
porrioun, what his wlllc be. In weyof charite, sauynge his 
estaat English OUds (E. E. T. s. ), p. 9. 
The priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and 
did eat their portion which 1'haraoh gave them. 
lien. xlvIL 22. 
They . . . carry certaine dayes provision of victuals 
about with them. Nor la It a cumber ; It being no more 
than a small portion of rice and a little sugar and bony. 
Sandys, Trnvallea, p. 38. 
3. Lot; fate; destiny. 
The lord of that servant . . . "hall cut him asunder, 
and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. 
MaU xxlv. 51. 
manner, appearance, 
bearing or stately propor- 
tions. 
Such pride Is praise ; snch portlinesse Is honor. 
Spenser, Sonnets, v. 
a. 
in 
a'nd carriage. 
Portly his person was, and much increast 
Through his Heroicke grace and honorable gest. 
Spenser, F. Q., fil. 11. 84. 
Rudely thou wrongest my deare harts desire, 
In finding fault with her too portty pride. 
Spenser, SonneU, v. 
My sister Is a goodly, portly lady, 
A woman of a presence. 
Fletcher, Wit without Money, I. 2. 
What though she want 
A portion to maintain a portly greatness? 
Ford, Lovers Melancholy, I. :. 
2. Stout; somewhat large and unwieldy in 
person. 
It was the portly and, had It possessed the advantage of 
a little more height, would have been the stately figure 
of * man considerably In the decline of life. 
Hairthorne, Seven Gables, vlll. 
3t. Swelling. 
Where your argosies with portly sal] . . . 
Do overpeer the petty traffickers. 
Shot., M. of V., I. 1. . 
If length of days be thy portion, make It not thy expec- 
tation. Mr T. Brmme, Christ Mor, 111. 30. 
This tradition tells us further that he had afterwards a 
sight of those dismal habitations which are the portion of portman (port man), n.; pi. portmen (-men). 
Ill men after death. Additon. Tale of Slarraton |^VS. ),t>rtman, a townsman, citizen, < port, a 
4 . The part of an estate given to a child or heir, 
or descending to him bylaw, or to be distributed 
port, town, city, + man, man.] An inhabitant 
or burgess of a port-town, or of one of the 
Cinque Ports. Imp. Diet. 
wife's fortune ; a dowry. portman-mote (port'man-mot ), . See por/- 
I give my daughter to him, and will make moti: 
Her portion equal his. Shot., W. T., Iv. 4. 887. portmanteau (port - man 'to), . [Formerly 
also portmanteau; portmantue,portmantua (also 
portmantlf, accom. to mantle); = Sp. Pg. por- 
tumftnteo, < F. portmanteau (= It, piirtniiniii- 
tello), < porter, carry, + manteau, cloak, man- 
to him in the settlement of the estate. 5. A 
Thy beauty Is portion, my Joy and my dear. 
Catstin'i Garland (Child Ballads, VIII. 178). 
O, come to me rich only thus In loveliness. Bring no 
portion to me lint thy love. Sheridan, The Rivals, ill. 3. 
Falcldian portion, see Falridian. Marriage por- 
tion, a share of the patrimonial estate or other sulmtan- 
tial gift of property made by a parent, or one acting In the 
place of a parent, to a bride upon her marriage, usually 
tie: see ;>r(3 and mantlr. mini trail.] 1. A <-:iv 
used in journeying for containing clothing: ori- 
ginally inl:i]it"'il t<> the saddle of a horseman. 
