Definition of port

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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..

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Tinto :: Tinto (n.) A red Madeira wine, wanting the high aroma of the white sorts, and, when old, resembling tawny port..
Remount :: Remount (n.) The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount..
Throat :: Throat (n.) A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase..
Pleading :: Pleading (n.) The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments..
Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals..
Underpin :: Underpin (v. t.) To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support.
Haul :: Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul..
Overhang :: Overhang (n.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.
Stirrup :: Stirrup (v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron..
Opportunity :: Opportunity (n.) Importunity; earnestness.
Detonate :: Detonate (v. i.) To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur..
Frame :: Frame (n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.
Gearing :: Gearing (n.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery..
Portesse :: Portesse (n.) See Porteass.
Cast :: Cast (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift..
Man :: Man (n.) The male portion of the human race.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Mock :: Mock (v. t.) To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry..
Mocha :: Mocha (n.) A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea..
Evaporation :: Evaporation (n.) The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence..
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