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Port
Port
n.
A
dark
red
or
purple
astringent
wine
made
in
Portugal
. It
contains
a
large
percentage
of
alcohol
.
Port
v.
A
place
where
ships
may
ride
secure
from
storms
; a
sheltered
inlet
,
bay
, or
cove
; a
harbor
; a
haven
.
Used
also
figuratively
.
Port
v.
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
.
Port
n.
A
passageway
; an
opening
or
entrance
to an
inclosed
place
; a
gate
; a
door
; a
portal
.
Port
n.
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
.
Port
n.
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
.
Port
v. t.
To
carry
; to
bear
; to
transport
.
Port
v. t.
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
.
Port
n.
The
manner
in
which
a
person
bears
himself
;
deportment
;
carriage
;
bearing
;
demeanor
;
hence
,
manner
or
style
of
living
; as, a
proud
port
.
Port
n.
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
v. t.
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
.
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