Definition of porte

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Porte (n.) The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered..

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Peduncled :: Peduncled (a.) Having a peduncle; supported on a peduncle; pedunculate.
Manilla :: Manilla (a.) Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city..
Exportation :: Exportation (n.) Commodity exported; an export.
Porte-cochere :: Porte-cochere (n.) A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochere. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall..
Phonography :: Phonography (n.) A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters..
Rumper :: Rumper (n.) A member or a supporter of the Rump Parliament.
Unicorn :: Unicorn (n.) A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.
Tester :: Tester (n.) A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts..
Zumbooruk :: Zumbooruk (n.) A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East..
Unbacked :: Unbacked (a.) Not supported or encouraged; not countenanced; unaided.
Custom :: Custom (n.) Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported..
Preominate :: Preominate (v. t.) To ominate beforehand; to portend.
Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs..
Currant :: Currant (n.) A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery..
Monopteron :: Monopteron (n.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella..
Chest :: Chest (n.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains..
Subpellucid :: Subpedunculate (a.) Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle..
Guelf :: Guelf (n.) One of a faction in Germany and Italy, in the 12th and 13th centuries, which supported the House of Guelph and the pope, and opposed the Ghibellines, or faction of the German emperors..
Unionist :: Unionist (n.) A member or supporter of a trades union.
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