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Webster 1913 Edition

Port

Port

,
Noun.
[From
Oporto
, in Portugal, i. e.,
[GREEK] porto
the port, L.
portus
. See
Port
harbor.]
A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.

Port

,
Noun.
[AS.
port
, L.
portus
: cf. F.
port
. See
Farm
,
Verb.
,
Ford
, and 1st, 3d, & 4h
Port
.]
1.
A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively.
Peering in maps for
ports
and piers and roads.
Shakespeare
We are in
port
if we have Thee.
Keble.
2.
In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages.
Free port
.
See under
Free
.
–
Port bar
.
(Naut,)
(a)
A boom
. See
Boom
, 4, also
Bar
, 3.
(b)
A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port.
–
Port charges
(Com.)
,
charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or its cargo is subjected in a harbor.
–
Port of entry
,
a harbor where a customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise.
–
Port toll
(Law)
,
a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into port.
–
Port warden
,
the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master.

Port

,
Noun.
[F.
porte
, L.
porta
, akin to
portus
; cf. AS.
porte
, fr. L.
porta
. See
Port
a harbor, and cf.
Porte
.]
1.
A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal.
[Archaic]
Him I accuse
The city
ports
by this hath entered.
Shakespeare
Form their ivory
port
the cherubim
Forth issuing.
Milton.
2.
(Naut.)
An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening.
Her
ports
being within sixteen inches of the water.
Sir W. Raleigh.
3.
(Mach.)
A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam, water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face.
Air port
,
Bridle port
,
etc. See under
Air
,
Bridle
, etc.
–
Port bar
(Naut.)
,
a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale.
–
Port lid
(Naut.)
,
a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a vessel.
–
Steam port
, and
Exhaust port
(Steam Engine)
,
the ports of the cylinder communicating with the valve or valves, for the entrance or exit of the steam, respectively.

Port

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ported
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Porting
.]
[F.
porter
, L.
portare
to carry. See
Port
demeanor.]
1.
To carry; to bear; to transport.
[Obs.]
They are easily
ported
by boat into other shires.
Fuller.
2.
(Mil.)
To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder;
as, to
port
arms
.
Began to hem him round with
ported
spears.
Milton.
Port arms
,
a position in the manual of arms, executed as above.

Port

,
Noun.
[F.
port
, fr.
porter
to carry, L.
portare
, prob. akin to E.
fare
, v. See
Port
harbor, and cf.
Comport
,
Export
,
Sport
.]
The manner in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing; demeanor; hence, manner or style of living;
as, a proud
port
.
[archaic]
Spenser.
And of his
port
as meek as is a maid.
Chaucer.
The necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable
port
in the world.
South.

Port

,
Noun.
[Etymology uncertain.]
(Naut.)
The larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow);
as, a vessel heels to
port
. See
Note
under
Larboard
. Also used adjectively.

Port

,
Verb.
T.
(Naut.)
To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; – said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a command;
as,
port
your helm
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Port

PORT

,
Noun.
[L. portus, porto, to carry; L. fero; Eng. to bear.]
1.
A harbor; a haven; any bay,cove, inlet or recess of the sea or of a lake or the mouth of a river, which ships or vessels can enter, and where they can lie safe from injury by storms. Ports may be natural or artificial, and sometimes works of art, as piers and moles, are added to the natural shores of a place to render a harbor more safe. The word port is generally applied to spacious harbors much resorted to be ships, as the port of London or of Boston, and not to small bays or coves which are entered occasionally, or in stress of weather only. Harbor includes all places of safety for shipping.
2.
A gate. [L. porta.]
From their ivory port the cherubim
Forth issued.
3.
An embrasure or opening in the side of a ship of war, through which cannon are discharged; a port-hole.
4.
The lid which shuts a port-hole.
5.
Carriage; air; mien; manner of movement or walk; demeanor; external appearance; as a proud port; the port of a gentleman.
Their port was more than human.
With more terrific port
Thou walkest.
6.
In seamen's language,the larboard or left side of a ship; as in the phrase,'the ship heels to port.' 'Port the helm,' is an order to put the helm to the larboard side.
7.
A kind of wine made in Portugal; so called from Oporto.
of the voice, in music, the faculty or habit of making the shakes, passages and diminutions, in which the beauty of a song consists.

PORT

,
Verb.
T.
To carry in form; as ported spears.
1.
To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship. See the noun, No.6. It is used in the imperative.

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