"Portance" is a word in ENGLISH
See Port, carriage, demeanor.
In their brief time together Slothrop forms the impression that this octopus is not in good mental health, though where's his basis for comparing?
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In English law. A pres-tatlon or toll for every anchor cast from a ship in a port; and sometimes, though …
Read the complete definitionout of the limits of any port or harbor on the sea-coast The Harriet, 1 Story, 251, Fed. Cas. No. …
Read the complete definitionA certificate given by the collector of a port, under the United States customs laws, to the effect that an …
Read the complete definitionThe amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to …
Read the complete definitionA public officer whose function ia to attest and certify, by his hand and official seal, certain classes of documents, …
Read the complete definitionThe larboard or left side of a ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to …
Read the complete definitionAn embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port.
Read the complete definitionDeliberate, organized re-sistance, by force and arms, to the laws or operations of the government, committed by a subject See …
Read the complete definitionThe prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port …
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