PORTAGED

Verb

portaged

simple past tense and past participle of portage

Source: Wiktionary


PORTAGE

Port"age (; 48), n. Etym: [From 2d Port.] (Naut.) (a) A sailor's wages when in port. (b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.

Port"age, n. Etym: [3d Port.]

Definition: A porthole. [Obs.] Shak.

Por"tage, n. Etym: [F., from porter to carry. See Port to carry.]

1. The act of carrying or transporting.

2. The price of carriage; porterage. Bp. Fell.

3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] Hakluyt.

4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.

Por"tage, v. t. & i.

Definition: To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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