Definition of port

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Port (v.) A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively..

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Part :: Part (n.) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
Stock :: Stock (n.) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage..
Pursuit :: Pursuit (v. t.) The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy..
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..
Indefinite :: Indefinite (a.) Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate..
Delineate :: Delineate (a.) Delineated; portrayed.
Portage :: Portage (n.) The price of carriage; porterage.
Lake :: Lake (v. i.) To play; to sport.
Uriniparous :: Uriniparous (a.) Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney..
Density :: Density (n.) The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard..
Return :: Return (n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information..
Wed :: Wed (n.) To take to one's self and support; to espouse.
Uropygium :: Uropygium (n.) The prominence at the posterior extremity of a bird's body, which supports the feathers of the tail; the rump; -- sometimes called pope's nose..
Ostiary :: Ostiary (n.) One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter..
Chopboat :: Chopboat (n.) A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels.
Passport :: Passport (n.) Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
Waggery :: Waggery (n.) The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy..
Quinnat :: Quinnat (n.) The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance..
Gynobase :: Gynobase (n.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary..
Strain :: Strain (n.) A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement..
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