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Portoir Portoir Por"toir, n. [OF., fr. porter to bear.]
One who, or that which, bears; hence, one who, or that which,
produces. [Obs.]
Branches . . . which were portoirs, and bare grapes.
--Holland.
Portoise Portoise Por"toise, n. [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative,
portable.] (Naut.)
The gunwale of a ship.
To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower them to the
gunwale.
To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards
and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.
To lower the yards a-portoise Portoise Por"toise, n. [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative,
portable.] (Naut.)
The gunwale of a ship.
To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower them to the
gunwale.
To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards
and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.
To ride a portoise Portoise Por"toise, n. [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative,
portable.] (Naut.)
The gunwale of a ship.
To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower them to the
gunwale.
To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards
and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.
