portugue 
ing >Uire of white single money together, convert a num- 
ber of those small little sentet into great peeces of gold, 
uch as double pistoles and portuave*. 
Xathf, quoted in Int. to 1'lerce Penilesse, p. XXX. 
Fact. No gold about thee? 
Drug. Yes, I have a portague 1 have kept thin half-year. 
tt. Jorwoii, Alchemist, I. 1. 
And forthwith he drew out of his pocket a portegue, the 
which you shall receive enclosed herein. 
Sir T. More, To Ul Daughter (ftopia, Int., p. xxiv.). 
Portuguese (por-tu-ges' or -gez'), and n. [= 
D. 1'urtuyees G. Portuguise = 8w. Portugls 
= Dau. Portiujixi'i; u. (cf. D. portugeescli = G. 
portugiesiseh = Sw. Dau. portugisisk, a.) (< E. 
or F.); < F. Portugal = 8p. Portugues = Pg. 
Portugue: = It. Portoghese, Portuguese; 'with 
omission of the final element -al (retained in 
OF. Portugalois, Portingalois = Sp. Portugalese, 
ML. Portiigalensi,f),< Portugal (ML. Portugalia), 
Portugal: see Portia?.] I. a. Of or pertain- 
ing to Portugal, a kingdom of Europe, situated 
west of Spain. Abbreviated Pg., Port. Portu- 
guese cut see brilliant. Portuguese man-of-war. 
See man-of-war, and cut under Phytalia. 
II. . 1. An inhabitant of Portugal; as a 
collective plural, the people of Portugal. 2. 
The language of Portugal. It is one of the Ro- 
mance group of languages, and is nearly allied 
to Spanish. 
portuist, portuiset, Same &spi>rtass. 
Portulaca (por-tu-la'kii, often -lak'a), w. [NL. 
(Tournefort, 1700), < L. portulaca, also porci- 
laca, purslane: see purslane 1 .'] 1. A genus of 
polypetalous plants, type of the order Portn- 
lacefe. It is characterized by a one-celled ovary, with 
many ovules, half-coherent with the calyx, and surround- 
ed at its middle by the two calyx-lobes, fuur to six petals, 
and eight or many stamens all others in the order hav- 
ing the ovary free. There are about 20 species, natives of 
the tropics, especially in America, and one, P. oleracca, the 
purslane, a weed widely scattered throughout temperate 
regions. All are fleshy herbs, prostrate or ascending, with 
thick juicy and often cylindrical leaves, mainly alternate, 
and bearing terminal flowers, yellow, red, or purple, often 
very bright and showy. Many species are in cultivation, 
under the name portulaca, P. grandfflora bearing also the 
name of sun-plant, the flowers expanding in bright sun- 
shine. 
2. [/. r.] A plant of this genus. 
Portulacacese (por'tu-la-ka'se-e), n. pi. [NL. 
(Lindley, 1835), < Portulaca -r -acese.] Same 
as Portulacex. 
Portulacaria (por"tu-la-ka'ri-ji), . [NL. (N. 
J. von Jacquiu, 1786), < Portulaca + -aria.'] A 
genus of plants of the order Portulaccx, having 
two short sepals, four or five longer petals, and 
from four to seven stamens, unlike any other 
member of its family in its single ovule, and also 
in its winged fruit. The only species, P. Afra, Is a 
smooth South African shrub, with fleshy and obovate op- 
posite leaves, and small rose-colored flowers clustered in 
the upper axils, or forming a leafy panicle, followed by 
three-winged capsules which do not split open when ripe. 
It is the spek-boom of the Cape colonists, and affords in 
many places the principal food of the elephant, besides 
giving by its pale-green foliage a characteristic aspect to 
the country. Also called purslane-tree. 
Portulacese (por-tu-la'se-e), n.pl. [XL. (A. L. 
de Jussieu, 1789), < Portulaca + -cae.~] A small 
order of polypetalous plants of the cohort Ca- 
ryophylliiix and series Thalannflorte, character- 
ized by a one-celled ovary with a free central 
placenta, and by the usual presence of scarious 
stipules, two sepals, five petals, and either nu- 
merous or less than five stamens. It Includes 18 
genera and about 145 species, natives mainly of America, 
with a few In all continents. Nearly half of the species are 
contained in the tropical genus Cntandrinia, being fleshy- 
leafed herbs of America or Australia: of the others, Portu- 
laca (the type) and Clatttonia (containing the well-known 
spring-beauty of the United States) are the chief. They 
are usually smooth succulent herbs, with entire and often 
fleshy or even pulpy leaves, either alternate or opposite, 
and commonly with very bright ephemeral dowers. 
portunian (por-tu'ni-an), . and . [< Portuinia 
+ -tan.} I. a. Of or pertaining to the genus 
PortunuH or the family Portunidte. 
H. n. A crab of the family Portttnidte, as the 
common blue edible crab of the United States, 
Callinectes himtatun. See cut under paddle-crab. 
Portunidae (por-tu'ni-de), w. pi. [NL., < Por- 
iiniii.t + -id.] A family of short-tailed ten- 
footed crustaceans, typified by the genus /'<;- 
/ n mix. containing many crabs, some of whose 
legs are fitted for swimming, known as paddlr- 
crabs, slint/li-rnih.-i, and xiriiiu/iina-crabs. See 
cuts under pnddle-erab and Plati/onyehux. 
Portunus (por-tu'nus), M. [NL. (Fabricius, 
1798), < L. Portiiniis, the protecting god of har- 
bors/ port UK. a harbor: see port 1 .] The typical 
t," mis of the family l'i>rlitnidte. 
pOrtUOUSt, " Same us /mrliisx. 
porturaturet, porture^t, . Corrupt forms of 
jiiii'ti-niiiii-i: I ilull, tr. of Apophthegms of Eras- 
mus, pp. 208 and 09. 
4034 
-I- -are.] Car- 
pqrtureH (por'tur), n. [< prM 
riage; behavior. Halliwell. 
porture 2 t, See porturaturc. 
port-wayH (port'wa), n. [< porti + way.] A 
paved highway. 
The Port-way, or High paved street named Bath-gate. 
Holland, tr. of Camdeu, p. 557. (Dairies.) 
port-way 2 (port'wa), w. [<por< 2 + way.] One 
of the steam-passages connecting the steam- 
chest of a steam-engine with the interior of the 
steam-cylinder. Also called port. 
port-wine (port' win'), n. Same us port 5 . 
porus (po'rus), n.; pi. port (-ri). In anat. and 
zoo'l., a pore: used in a few phrases: as, porus 
excretorius, an excretory pore ; porus ejaeutatori- 
us, an ejaculatory pore Porus optlcus. Same as 
optic disk. See optic. 
porwigglet (por' wig-1), n. [A var. of pottiwig.] 
A tadpole. 
That which the ancients called gyrinus, we a porwigle 
or tadpole. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 13. 
poryt (por'i), a. [< pore 2 + -y 1 .] Porous or 
porose. 
The stones hereof are BO light and pory that they will 
not sink when thrown into the water. 
Sandys, TravaUes, p. 217. 
porzana (por-za'na), n. [NL.] 1. An old 
name of the small water-rail or crake of Eu- 
rope, and now a specific name of the same. See 
(trtygometra, 2, and Crex. 2. [cop.] An exten- 
sive genus of rails of the f amily Rallidse, founded 
by Vieillot in 1816, having a short stout bill; the 
crakes. The species are numerous and of almost world- 
wide distribution. The common crake or short-billed 
Sora Rail (1'ereana Carolina). 
water-rail of Europe Is Porzana porzana or P. maruetla. In 
the United States the best-known species is P. Carolina. 
the Carolina crake or rail, also called flora, ftoree, and orto- 
lan. The small yellow crake or rail of North America is 
/'. nowftoroMfuii. The little black crake or rail of America 
is P. jamaicensis. 
pos (poz), a. Aii abbreviation of positive. Also 
poz. [Slang.] 
She shall dress me and flatter me, for I will be flattered, 
that 's pos. Addfson, The Drummer, iii. 
pOSada (po-sii'dS), H. [Sp., <.pomr, lodge, rest, 
< ML. pausare, put, lodge: see pose 2 , .] An 
inn. Soutliey. 
posaune (po-zou'ne), n. [G., also boxune, basune, 
b n fit ne, businc(= D. bazuin = Sw. Dan. bamin), 
< OF. buixinc = It. bucrina, < L. buccina, prop. 
bucina, a trumpet : see biicciiia.'] The German 
name of the trombone. 
pose't (poz) [<ME.po*<>, < AS. geposu, pose, 
catarrh, < W.pas, a cough. Of. wheeze.] A cold 
in the head ; catarrh. 
He yexeth, and he speketh thnrgh the nose, 
As he were on the qnakke or on the pote. 
Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 232. 
Distillations called rewmes or fOUl, 
Sir T. Elyot, The Oovernour, 111. 22. 
Now haue we manie chimnfes, and yet our tenderlings 
complaine of rheumes, catarhs, and p**e. 
Quoted In Forewords to Manner! and Mrat*(V.. E. T. S.), 
[XXXII. Ixlr. 
pose 2 (poz), r.; pret. and pp. posed, ppr. pos- 
ing. [< ME. poser, < OF. poser, F. poser, put, 
place, lay. settle, lodge, etc., refl.se poser, put 
oneself in a particular attitude, = Sp. posar, 
pausar = Pg. paitsar, poifutr, pousar = It. po- 
sare, paumtre, put, place, < ML. pausare, cease, 
cause to rest, place, < L. pausare, cease, < 
iHiusa, pause. < Gr. navaic, pause: see pause, . 
This verb, OF. poser, etc., acquired the sense 
of L. poiirn; pp. piisitux, put, place, etc., and 
came to be practically identified with it in use, 
taking all its compounds, whence E. appoxe, 
rompose, depone, diiposc, propone (&i\ /HH'/HI-I <, 
repose, suppose, etc., which verbs coexist in E., 
in some cases, with forms from the L. 
posed 
as compound*, depone, expone (and expound), 
impone, propont (and propound), etc., with de- 
rived forms like opponent, component, deponent, 
etc., apposition, composition, deposition, etc.] 
I. trans. If. To put ; place ; set. 
ButXXX'ifootespo* 
Iche order of from other ; croppe and tall 
To save in setting hem is thyne advail. 
Palladia, Uusbondrle (E. E. T. S.), p. 78. 
St. To put by way of supposition or hypothe- 
sis; suppose. 
I pose I hadde synned so and shulde now deye, 
And now am sory, that so the selnt spirit agulte, 
Confessc me, and crye his grace god that al made. 
IHert Plomnan (B), xvii. 23. 
I pow that thow lovedest hire blforn. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 
.304. 
Yet pote I that it myght amended be. 
Palladia*, Uiuboudrie (E. E. T. 8.\ p. 11. 
3. To lay down as a proposition ; state; posit. 
[Recent.] 
It is difficult to leave Corregglo without at least poring 
the question of the difference between moralised and 
merely sensual art. 
J. A. Symond*, Italy and Greece, p. 20. 
M. Janet, with perhaps pardonable patriotism, pout the 
new psychology as of trench origin, but It is really con- 
nected with the past by many roots. Science, XI. 256. 
4. To place in suitable or becoming position 
or posture ; cause to assume a suitable or effec- 
tive attitude : as, to pose a person for a portrait. 
It was no unusual thing to see the living models poled 
in his [Gainsborough's] painting-room. 
(ifii. M. Brodt- Arnold, Gainsborough, p. 55. 
5. To bear; conduct. [Rare.] 
Mr. Avery was a cheerful, busy, manly man, who voted 
himself among men as a companion and fellow-citizen, 
whose word on any subject was to go only so far as its own 
weight and momentum should carry it. 
//. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 441. 
Interchangeably posed, In her. See interchangeably. 
II. iiitrans. It. To make a supposition ; put 
the case. 2. To assume a particular attitude 
or role ; endeavor to appear or be regarded (as 
something else); attitudinize, literally or fig- 
uratively: as, to pose as a model; to pose as a 
martyr. 
He ... posed before her as a hero of the most sublime 
kind. Thackeray, Shabby Genteel Story, vL 
These solemn attendants simply posed, and never moved. 
T. C. Crawford, English Life, p. 36. 
pose 2 (poz), w. [< F. pose, standing, attitude, 
posture, pose, < poser, put, refl. put oneself in an 
attitude: seepoxe 2 , r.J 1. Attitude or position, 
whether taken naturally or assumed for effect: 
a,1he pose of an actor; especially, the attitude 
in which any character is represented artisti- 
cally; the position, whether of the whole per- 
son or of an individual member of the body : 
as, the pose of a statue ; the pose of the head. 
In physiology the pose of a muscle is the latent period 
between the stimulation of a muscle-fiber 
and Its con- 
traction. 
2. A deposit ; a secret hoard. 
[Scotch.] 
Laying by a little pose, even out of such earnings, to 
help them in their old age. 
ffoctes Ambnaiana, April, 1832. 
= Syu. 1. Position, Altitude, etc. See posture. 
pose s (p6z), r. t. ; pret. and pp. posed, ppr. posing. 
[Formerly also ptt:e ; < ME. pone n, by apneresis 
from apposen, apoxen, a corruption of optixyn, 
nppoaeu : see oppose. The method of examina- 
tion in the schools being by argument, to ex- 
amine was to oppose. Hence puzzle.] It. To 
put questions to ; interrogate closely ; ques- 
tion; examine. 
If any man rebuke them with that, they persecute him 
immediately, and /' him In their false doctrine, and 
make him an heretic. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850X p. 104. 
She . . . pourd him. and sifted him, to try whether he 
were the very Duke of York or no. 
Bacon, Hist. Henry VII., p. 110. 
2. To puzzle, nonplus, or embarrass by a diffi- 
cult question. 
I still am pot'd about the case, 
But wiser you shall judge. 
J. Braiimont, Psyche, L 110. 
A thing which would have poi'd Adam to name. 
Donne, Satires (ed. 1819). 
A sucking babe might have jxw</ him. 
Lamb, Sooth-Sea House. 
pos6 (po-za'), . [F., pp. of poser, place: see 
pose*.] In her., standing still, with all tlir (Vrt 
on the ground; stataut: said of a lion, horse, 
or other animal used as a boiiring. 
posedtti"" 1 /'! >./'.. (< /'*' '-' + -'</-.] Balanced; 
sedato: <i]>]isril to Hii/liii/. 
An old settled person "f a most nmr>/, staid, and grave 
behaviour. frr/w/inrt, tr. of Rabelais, ill. III. (Dane".) 
