porterage (age as Ig) (2)

[Eng. porter (2); age.] The busine of a porter or doorkeeper. pört'-er-ě , s. [PORTRESS.] †pört-er-lý, a. [Eng. porter (1); -ly .] Like a porter; coarse, vulgar, low; as, porterly language. *pört-ě e, *port-as, *port-a , *port-a e, *port-es, *port-e , *port-oose, *port-os, *portose, *port-o e, *port-ous, *port-owse, *portuas, *portua e, *portuary, *portuyse, *portuows, *portyes, *porthors, *poortos, *porthos, s. [A corrupt. of O. Fr. porte -hors, from porter =to carry, and hors =abroad, from Lat. for is out of doors, abroad. The Fr. is thus a translation of Lat. port i forium, from por to = to carry, and for is . So called from its being portable .] A breviary. (Chaucer: С. Т. , 13,061.) pört'-fire, s . [Eng. port (2); s., and fire .) Ordn.: A paper case filled with composition. Formerly used for firing guns, mortars, ., instead of the "friction tubes since employed for the purpose. There are two kinds, "common" and "slow." The former is about sixteen inches long, and contains a composition of saltpeter, sulphur, and powder. It burns at the rate of one inch in a minute. "Slow" portfire is merely paper impreg nated with saltpeter, also sixteen inches long, and burns for two or three hours. pört-fō-11-ō, 8. [English port (2), and folio ; cf. Fr. portefeuille (1) portfolio, (2) the office of a minister of state, from porter =to carry, and feuille (Lat. folium )=aleaf.] [FOLIO.] 1. Lit.: A portable case for holding loose drawings, prints, papers, . "The servant, in his vexation, dashed his portfolio on the ground."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xviii. 2. Fig .: The office and duties of a minister of state; the appointment of a minister. *pört'-glāve, *pört'-glāive, s. [French porter to carry, and glaive =a sword.] A sword-bearer. [GLAIVE.] *pört'-grāve, *pört'-grēve, s. [A. S. port =a port, and geréfa =a reeve or sheriff.] A portreeve (q. v.).